Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster, 1848)
(Pear Sucker)

Interactions where Cacopsylla pyricola 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
nymph nymph sucks sap of discoloured, distorted flower Pyrus communis Pear Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla pyricola/Cacopsylla pyricolapear suckernymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis/Pyrus communispeardiscoloured, distortedflower (4-5)
nymph nymph sucks sap of leaf bud Pyrus communis Pear Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla pyricola/Cacopsylla pyricolapear suckernymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis/Pyrus communispearleaf bud (4-5)
nymph nymph sucks sap of fouled, sticky, mouldy fruit Pyrus communis Pear Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla pyricola/Cacopsylla pyricolapear suckernymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis/Pyrus communispearfouled, sticky, mouldyfruit
nymph nymph sucks sap of fouled, sticky, mouldy leaf Pyrus communis Pear Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla pyricola/Cacopsylla pyricolapear suckernymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Pyrus communis/Pyrus communispearfouled, sticky, mouldyleaf

Interactions where Cacopsylla pyricola is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
spreads Foreign Pear Decline Acholeplasmatales: Acholeplasmataceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Firmicutes/Mollicutes/Acholeplasmatales/Acholeplasmataceae/Pear Decline/Pear Decline Animal / vectorForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla pyricola/Cacopsylla pyricolapear sucker is spread by
honeydew may support Cladosporium a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes Capnodiales: Cladosporiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium/Cladosporiuma genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla pyricola/Cacopsylla pyricolapear sucker feeds on honeydew

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

Cacopsylla pyricola (Pear Sucker) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cacopsylla pyricola (Pear Sucker) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCacopsylla pyricola (Pear Sucker)
GenusCacopsylla (a genus of psyllid bugs)
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 Cacopsylla pyricola (Pear Sucker)

Cacopsylla pyricola (Pear Sucker) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cacopsylla pyricola (Pear Sucker):

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