Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Norsk entomologisk forening
Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Norsk entomologisk forening
Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Norsk entomologisk forening
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Hansen & Hodkinson: Cacopsylla visci (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Norway<br />
Fig. 1. The distribution <strong>of</strong> Mistletoe (Viscum album) in Fennoscandia and Denmark (after Hultén<br />
1971, Lid 1985). Introduced populations are not included.<br />
is quite abundant on the island, and attacks several<br />
hosts (e.g. Crataegus, Malus, Rosa, Frangula),<br />
but most frequently lime (Tilia cordata), on<br />
which the psyllids were found. One <strong>of</strong> the limetrees<br />
where the psyllids were collected, is shown<br />
in Figure 2. This tree suffers from quite heavily<br />
attacs <strong>of</strong> mistletoe.<br />
The vernacular <strong>Norwegian</strong> name «mistelteinsuger»<br />
is suggested.<br />
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DISTRIBUTION<br />
C. visci is not recorded from Sweden, Denmark,<br />
Finland, or the Baltic countries, but is found in<br />
Austria, the former Czechoslovakia, France,<br />
Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, U.K. and the<br />
southwestern parts <strong>of</strong> the former USSR, including<br />
Georgia and the Ukraine (Klima szew ski 1973).<br />
The present record represents most probably a<br />
new northern limit for the species. Even though<br />
C. visci has not been recorded elsewhere in<br />
Fennoscandia and Denmark, it may follow
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