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Tomato Potato Psyllid

Bactericera cockerelli

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About

A small striped psyllid that transmits the zebra chip disease bacterium to potato crops. It also causes psyllid yellows on tomatoes through toxic saliva injection.

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Did You Know?

Zebra chip disease, which it transmits, causes dark striped patterns inside fried potato chips, rendering them unsaleable.