Cacopsylla alaterni (Förster, 1848)
(Mediterranean Buckthorn Psyllid)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cacopsylla alaterni (Mediterranean Buckthorn Psyllid)
Genus	Cacopsylla (a genus of psyllid bugs)
Family	PSYLLIDAE (psyllids or jumping plantlice)
Superfamily	PSYLLOIDEA (jumping plantlice)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cacopsylla alaterni is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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.

Cacopsylla alaterni (Mediterranean Buckthorn Psyllid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PSYLLOIDEA
(jumping plantlice)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cacopsylla alaterni (Mediterranean Buckthorn Psyllid)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cacopsylla alaterni (Mediterranean Buckthorn Psyllid)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cacopsylla alaterni is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)