Looking for a solid answer. Most sources refer to the body length, but it would be helpful if we knew wingspan in flight.
Thanks!
Dear Scott B. Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingspan
According to CABI: http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/18615
Diaphorina citri Adult: The adult is 2.5 mm long, body yellowish-brown, legs greyish-brown. Wings are transparent with white spots or light-brown with a broad, beige, longitudinal band in the centre. Mathur (1975) gives a key to the Indian species of Diaphorina, and a detailed description of the adult. The average size of adult females is 3.3 mm long and 1 mm wide; the mean size of adult males is 2.7 mm long and 0.8 mm wide (Tsai and Liu, 2000).
Page 17 in attached pdf : meyer_j.pdf = http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0019280/meyer_j.pdf
Pls. find the attached files, may help in your research
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/citrus/acpsyllid.htm
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pdep/target_pest_disease_profiles/ACP_PestProfile.html
The fifth instars are 1.6 mm long and 1.02 mm wide with fully extended wings and a third set of antenna in: http://www.orkin.com/other/asian-citrus-psyllid/
http://idtools.org/id/citrus/pests/factsheet.php?name=Asian+citrus+psyllid
https://www.eppo.int/QUARANTINE/data_sheets/insects/TRIZER_ds.pdf
page 329 in: David Headrick Gordon Gordh . 2011. A Dictionary of Entomology CABI,Pp.1526. ISBN 184593542X, 9781845935429
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1341/ANR-1341.pdf
http://idtools.org/id/citrus/pests/factsheet.php?name=Asian+citrus+psyllid
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/hlb/database/pdf/00002840.pdf
Hoping this will be helpful
Regards
Prof. Houda Kawas
Hello Dear
Asian citrus psyllid females lay their bright yellow-orange, almond-shaped
eggs on the tips of growing shoots or in the crevices of unfolded “feather
flush” leaves. best regards
I measured the wing length of 5 ACP adults in millimeters: 2.17, 2.07, 2.17, 2.00, 2.07. The average is 2.09 millimeters. The wingspan will be 4.18 mm plus the width of the thorax. I am not sure how maximum windspan equates to in-flight wingspan.
Accuracy of the measures is about 0.05 mm. This should be good enough for a rough estimate, but is not sufficient for publication. The males tend to be smaller than the females, and grey/brown individuals are smaller than blue/green individuals. This will be reflected in wingspan measurements. The above measures were a mix (males and females and different color morphs).
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