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Alder sucker

Psylla alni (Linné, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The alder sucker (Psylla alni) is a species in the family Psyllidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Korea.

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Quick facts about the alder sucker

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the alder sucker live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The alder sucker is listed for 1 country.

South Korea
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Korea

Is the alder sucker endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the alder sucker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPsyllidae
  6. genusPsylla
  7. SpeciesPsylla alni (Linné, 1758)

Synonyms Chermes alni

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • mera olšováCzech
  • EllebladloppeDanish
  • Erlen-BlattflohGerman
  • ハンノキジラミJapanese
  • oresugerNorwegian Bokmål
  • ElzenbladvloDutch
  • oresugarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Miodówka olchowaPolish
  • Ольховая листоблошкаRussian
  • méra jelšováSlovak
  • albladloppaSwedish
  • Alder psyllidroot
  • ハンノキキジラミJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the alder sucker

Other species in the same genus Psylla.

CompareAlder sucker vs Box suckerAlder sucker vs Cottony alder psyllidAlder sucker vs Hobbit Kōwhai psyllidAlder sucker vs Psylla aceris

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the alder sucker live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the alder sucker for 1 country: South Korea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the alder sucker?

The alder sucker (Psylla alni) belongs to the family Psyllidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Alder sucker (Psylla alni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/alder-sucker

MLA

“Alder sucker (Psylla alni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/alder-sucker.

BibTeX
@misc{alder_sucker_2026,
  title = {Alder sucker (Psylla alni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/alder-sucker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}