Phellopsylla and Phyllolyma spp. are very similar looking, sharing the wide head, eyes that slant backwards laterally, strap-like genal processes (ie very short), forward pad-like process between bases of antennae and eyes, rhomboid fore wings with M+Cu stem longer than Cu stem. The two genera are separated on length of antennae, the former having the antennae at least as long as the width of the head (typically much longer), whereas in the latter the antennae is distinctly shorter.
Phellopsylla sp. #1
Late January 2012
Mount Wellington/kunanyi
cf. Phellopsylla sp. #1 last instar exuviate
Late January 2012
Mount Wellington/kunanyi
Found in close vicinity to the above adult.
cf. Phellopsylla sp. #1 nymph
Late January 2012
Mount Wellington/kunanyi
Found under bark on the same young eucalypt tree as the adult found above.
cf. Phellopsylla sp. #2 – may be Phylloma as the antennae are intermediate in length.
Mid November 2020
Port Huon
Head to wing tip 5.3mm.
