Lisronia varicicosta ( Hodkinson & Hollis, 1981 )

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 : 348

Lisronia varicicosta ( Hodkinson & Hollis, 1981)

Material examined. Faro: 2♂, 2♀, 3 immatures (immatures not preserved), Alcaria, Aljezur , 37°17'04.2"N 8°48'20.2"W, 2.v.2021, Cistus albidus (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 2♂, 3♀, Médo, Aljezur , 37°19'56.9"N 8°51'19.7"W, 2.v.2021, C. halimifolius (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol); 1♀, Médo, Aljezur , 37°19'56.9"N 8°51'19.7"W, 2.v.2021, C. halimifolius (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 1♀, 7 immatures, Castro Marim , 37°11'52.5"N 7°28'13.0"W, 24.iii.2021, C. salviifolius (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol); 2♂, 1♀, Faro, 37°02'38.6"N 7°58'30.8"W, 23.iv.2021, C. salviifolius (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 1 immature, Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 17.iii.2021, C. calycinus (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 immature, Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 21.iv.2021, C. calycinus (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted); 11 immature, Faro, 37°02'15.9"N 7°58'41.2"W, 08.iv.2021, C. halimifolius (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted and 70% ethanol); 3♂, 4♀, Fonte Benémola , 37°12'21.2"N 8°00'11.5"W, 12.v.2024, C. albidus (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, 70% ethanol) .

Distribution Portugal. Mainland: Faro ( Hodkinson & Hollis 1981, as Rhachistoneura varicicosta ; this study), Leiria ( Hodkinson & Hollis 1981, as R. varicicosta ); Tavares (1905a) reported an unidentified psyllid from Castelo Branco which might have concerned this species.

Host plants Portugal. Cistaceae : Cistus albidus L., C. calycinus L., C. halimifolius L., C. salviifolius L. (this study). Tavares (1905a) reported an unidentified psyllid from C. ladanifer (as C. ladaniferus ) L., which is a likely host. Hodkinson & Hollis (1981) reported material from Portugal from Ericaceae : Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull which they considered to be a probable host. Based on the presence of immatures and adults, Rapisarda (1987) showed that this is not the case, and that Cistus spp. are hosts of this species.

Cistus albidus , C. calycinus and C. halimifolius are reported here the first time as hosts of L. varicicosta .