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First record of the pistachio psyllid Agonoscena cisti (Puton, 1882) (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) in the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)

  • Monika Pramatarova,
  • David Mifsud,
  • Ilia Gjonov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.991
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 4
pp. 991 – 995

Abstract

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Agonoscena cisti (Puton, 1882) (Psylloidea, Aphalaridae) is reported for the first time from the Maltese Islands. The species is oligophagous on pistachio plants (Pistacia L.) and is restricted to the Mediterranean area. Until now, only Agonoscena targionii (Lichtenstein, 1874) had been known from the Maltese archipelago, although the presence of A. cisti was predicted.

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