Published March 24, 2025 | Version v1

Livilla variegata

  • 1. Sofia University, Faculty of Biology, Sofia, Bulgaria & National Museum of Natural History - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 3. Sofia University, Faculty of Biology, Sofia, Bulgaria

Description

Livilla variegata (Löw, 1881)

Feeds on

Both known host plants of L. variegata, Laburnum anagyroides Medik. and L. alpinum (Mill.) Bercht. & J. Presl, are not native to Bulgaria. Our specimens (adults and immatures) were collected on L. anagyroides in ornamental greenery in the Sofia agglomeration. Laburnum anagyroides is frequently planted as an ornamental tree in Bulgaria and spreads in both natural and disturbed habitats (Petrova et al. 2013).

Distribution

General distribution. Native to southern and some parts of central Europe (e. g. the Alps), alien in western and other parts of central Europe and North America. Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 86 b). Material examined: PVS.

Notes

New record for Bulgaria.

Diagnosis

Adult (Fig. 86 a) Hodkinson and Hollis (1987). Fifth-instar immature. White and Hodkinson (1982).

Notes

Published as part of Pramatarova, Monika, Malenovský, Igor & Gjonov, Ilia, 2025, Jumping plant lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of Bulgaria – an annotated checklist, pp. e 147277 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e147277, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e147277

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Low
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Psyllidae
Genus
Livilla
Species
variegata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Livilla variegata (Low, 1881) sec. Pramatarova, Malenovský & Gjonov, 2025

References

  • Petrova A., Vladimirov V., Georgiev V. 2013 Invasive and alien species of vascular plants in Bulgaria Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia 978-954 - 9746 - 30 - 3
  • Hodkinson I. D., Hollis D. 1987 The legume-feeding psyllids (Homoptera) of the west Palaearctic Region Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 56 1 86 http://biostor.org/reference/127633
  • White I. M., Hodkinson I. D. 1982 Psylloidea (Nymphal stages) Hemiptera, Homoptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects II Royal Entomological Society of London London 50