Psylla (from the Greek psulla, meaning flea) is the type genus of Hemiptera in the family Psyllidae. There are at least 110 described species in Psylla.[ Species within the genus feed on various host plants.
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Some agricultural pests, previously placed here, are now in related genera, such as Cacopsylla (which includes at least two species harmful to fruit trees); other revised species names include the "Albizia fly" ( Acizzia jamatonica, in the same family) and the laurel fly ( Trioza alacris in the family Triozidae).
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