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Family Psyllidae
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This page contains pictures and information about Shell Lerp Insects that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Diameter
2-3mm
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- This Lerps Insects form shell shaped scale protection. They
can be found on bottom side of Gum tree leaves. The lerp is uniformly brown in
colour. It is hemispherical in shape resemble a shell.
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- This Lerps Insects
can be found on different species of Eucalyptus. They are common and
dense in aggregation, but never dense on any tree.
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- This
Spondyliaspis bancrofti species is
found in Queensland. The similar species S. plicatuloides
is found in south-east part of Australia.
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- Reference:
- 1. Psylloidea of South Australia - Morgan, F.D. ,Adelaide, South
Australia, Government Printer, 1984, plate16-1,2, p64, (S. plicatuloides).
- 2. Insects
of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 451, fig.30.16B, (S. plicatuloides).
- 3. Additional information on the Australian genera of the family Psyllidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera) - KL Taylor, Australian Journal of Zoology 8(3) 383 - 391, 1960.
- 4. Species
Spondyliaspis bancrofti Signoret, 1879 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
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