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Heteropsylla cubana Crawford, 1914

Jumping Plantlice

Host plants: Mimosoid legumes - Leucaena leucocephala, L. diversifolia, L. salvadorensis (Muddiman et al. 1992); Galapagos host: Cassia

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Sternorrhyncha

Superfamily
Psylloidea

Family
Psyllidae

Genus
Heteropsylla

Species
cubana

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1999

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: San Cristobal

References

Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Heteropsylla cubana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11041. Accessed 6 November 2026.