Apple sucker vs black-calabash

Cacopsylla mali compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• Apple sucker is Not Evaluated while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple sucker	black-calabash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Psyllidae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Cacopsylla	Amphitecna
Species	Cacopsylla mali	Amphitecna latifolia

Conservation Status

Apple sucker

NE — Not Evaluated

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple sucker	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Apple sucker

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Apple sucker

The Apple sucker (Cacopsylla mali) is a species in the genus Cacopsylla. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.