Calophya rhois (Löw, 1877)
(Smokebush Psyllid)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalophya rhois (Smokebush Psyllid)
FamilyCALOPHYIDAE (a family of bugs)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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.

Calophya rhois (Smokebush Psyllid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Calophya rhois (Smokebush Psyllid)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Calophya rhois (Smokebush Psyllid)
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