Heterotrioza chenopodii ( Reuter, 1876 )

Duarte, Beatriz Zarcos, Burckhardt, Daniel, Ouvrard, David, Queiroz, Dalva L., Valkenburg, Thijs & Neto, Luís, 2025, The Psylloidea (Hemiptera) of Portugal (mainland, Azores and Madeira): checklist and new distributional and host records, Zootaxa 5642 (4), pp. 343-385 : 363-364

Heterotrioza chenopodii ( Reuter, 1876)

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Material examined. Faro: 1♂ , Faro, 37°02'38.6"N 7°58'30.8"W, 15.iv.2021, trap (leg. L. Neto) ( BDC, dry mounted); 26♂, 53♀, 2 immatures , Várzea de Aljezur , 37°18'19.8"N 8°47'52.1"W, 9–12.ix.2024, Atriplex prostata (leg. D. Burckhardt, B. Duarte & D.L. Queiroz) ( BDC, NHMB, dry mounted and 70% ethanol) . Madeira: 1♀ , Santo da Serra , 680 m, 25.x.1992 (leg. C. Lienhard) ( MHNG, dry mounted) .

Distribution Portugal. Madeira: Madeira Island ( Loginova 1976, as Trioza chenopodii ; this study); Porto Santo ( Loginova 1976); Selvagens Islands ( Aguiar et al. 2019). Mainland: Aveiro (iNaturalist, Appendix 1); Faro (this study).

Host plants Portugal. Amaranthaceae : Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. , Chenopodium album L. ( Loginova 1976), C. murale (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch, Suaeda vera Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel. ( Aguiar et al. 2019) .

Comments. Loginova (1976) cited the genus Atriplex as a host plant for this insect in north Madeira. According to Aguiar & Martin (1999), A. prostrata is the only species of this genus present at this locality.

Figures

FIGURES 21–26. Triozidae. 21) Heterotrioza chenopodii; 22–24) Trioza eugeniae; 22) female, habitus; 23) eggs; 24) immatures; 25, 26) Melaleuca armillaris. (Photos 21, 22, 25, 26 by Beatriz Zarcos Duarte; 23, 24 by Dalva Luiz Queiroz).