Cacopsylla pulchella

Cacopsylla pulchella (Löw, 1877) Feeds on We collected adults and immatures on Cercis siliquastrum L., the only confirmed host plant (Burckhardt 1999). Distribution General distribution. Southern and south-eastern Europe, Middle East, alien in the Azores, Iberian Peninsula, Great Britain, Central Europe and Belarus. Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 72 b). Material examined: BN, RRE. Notes New record for Bulgaria. The host plant of C. pulchella, Cercis siliquastrum is native to Bulgaria (POWO 2024). However, our specimens of C. pulchella were collected on ornamental trees in city gardens. Diagnosis Adult (Fig. 72 a). Loginova (1964), Hodkinson and White (1979). Fifth-instar immature. White and Hodkinson (1982), Burckhardt (1999).