Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell, 1890)
(Blue-gum Sucker)

Interactions where Ctenarytaina eucalypti is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult sucks sap of live, distorted shoot (young) UK/IrelandRestricted Eucalyptus gums, gumtrees Myrtales: Myrtaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Ctenarytaina eucalypti/Ctenarytaina eucalyptiblue-gum suckeradult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus/Eucalyptusgums, gumtreeslive, distortedshoot (young)Sole (summer)
adult adult sucks sap of live, distorted leaf UK/IrelandRestricted Eucalyptus gums, gumtrees Myrtales: Myrtaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Ctenarytaina eucalypti/Ctenarytaina eucalyptiblue-gum suckeradult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus/Eucalyptusgums, gumtreeslive, distortedleafSole (summer)
nymph nymph sucks sap of live, distorted leaf UK/IrelandRestricted Eucalyptus gums, gumtrees Myrtales: Myrtaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Ctenarytaina eucalypti/Ctenarytaina eucalyptiblue-gum suckernymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus/Eucalyptusgums, gumtreeslive, distortedleafSole (summer)
nymph nymph sucks sap of live, distorted shoot (young) UK/IrelandRestricted Eucalyptus gums, gumtrees Myrtales: Myrtaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Ctenarytaina eucalypti/Ctenarytaina eucalyptiblue-gum suckernymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Eucalyptus/Eucalyptusgums, gumtreeslive, distortedshoot (young)Sole (summer)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Blue-gum Sucker) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Blue-gum Sucker) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCtenarytaina eucalypti (Blue-gum Sucker)
FamilyPSYLLIDAE (psyllids or jumping plantlice)
SuperfamilyPSYLLOIDEA (jumping plantlice)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Blue-gum Sucker)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Malumphy, C.P. & Halstead, A.J. 2003 Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama), an Asian jumping plant louse (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) causing damage to Elaeagnus in Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 89-93.

Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Blue-gum Sucker) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Blue-gum Sucker):

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