date:Jul 01, 2013
f La Aldea, despite the fact that the insect prefers cooler temperatures and high humidity.
These insects have the appearance of aphids and feed off citrus tree leaves, where some small bumps appear. They are also able to transmit a bacterium from ill to healthy trees which can kill the tree by preventing sap circulation.
Up until now, the bacterium transmitted by the African Psyllid, known as Candidatus Liberibacter africanus, has not appeared in the Canary Island or any other place in Europe