Trioza anceps

Trioza godoyae

Trioza aguacate

Trioza anceps Tuthill

Host plant. Persea americana. The larvae feed initially on the lower surface of the leaf in pit galls, forming corresponding large conical growths on the upper surface of the leaf, into which the larvae migrate at an early stage (Hollis & Martin, field observations, see also Stahler, 1941: 217, fig).

Trioza godoyae sp. n.
(figs 4, 6, 19-21, 24, 25)

Host plant: Persea americana; the larvae cause leaf-edge rolls (Godoy & Hollis, field observation)

Trioza aguacate sp. n.
(figs 3, 16-18)

Host plant. Persea americana; insects cause shoot and leaf deformation (Mejia Navarro, field observation)

Jumping plantlice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) attacking avocado pear trees, Persea americana, in the New World, with a review of Lauraceae-feeding among psylloids