Cacopsylla pruni (Scopoli, 1763)

Pramatarova, Monika, Malenovský, Igor & Gjonov, Ilia, 2025, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of Bulgaria – an annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 147277-e 147277 : e147277-

Cacopsylla pruni (Scopoli, 1763)

Feeds on

Reported from Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. , P. insititia L., P. domestica L. and P. spinosa L. in Bulgaria, which was also partially confirmed by immatures ( Harizanov 1963, Harizanov 1966 b, Etropolska et al. 2015).

Distribution

General distribution. Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Middle East, Mongolia ( Gegechkori and Loginova 1990, Sauvion et al. 2021). Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 71 b ). Published records: BS, PK, PKQ, PSL, PT, PVS, RPP, RRW ( Harizanov 1963, Klimaszewski 1965, Harizanov 1966 b, Głowacka and Harizanov 1983, Głowacka 1989, Etropolska et al. 2011, Etropolska et al. 2015, Pramatarova et al. 2023). Material examined: BN, PBS, PBT, PKQ, PKZ, PSC, PSI, PSP, PT, PVL, PVS, PVV, ROO, ROP, RPM, RPP, RPR, RPS, RRE, RRW, RRW, SBE, SBW, SPW.

Diagnosis

Adult (Fig. 71 a ) and fifth-instar immature. Ossiannilsson (1992), Burckhardt (2010). According to Sauvion et al. (2021), C. pruni is a complex of two cryptic species, informally referred to as ' C. pruni A' and ' C. pruni B', which can be distinguished by molecular characters. Specimens from Bulgaria have not yet been identified as either A or B. Only C. pruni B is known from the Balkans ( Sauvion et al. 2021).

Figures

Figure 71 b. Distribution of Cacopsylla pruni in Bulgaria.

Figure 71 a. Cacopsylla pruni, adult female;