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Macugonalia
Macugonalia leucomelas (Walker, 1851)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Harmful insects, vectors of phytopathogens; without official control
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
South America: Venezuela (Metcalf 1965), Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay (Young 1977).
- Tettigonia leucomelas Walker 1851
- Tettigonia albopunctulata Taschenberg 1884: 440 [n. sp.]
- Cicadella leucomelas Osborn 1926b: 194.
- Tettigoniella leucomelas (Walker, 1851) Mendes 1938a: 13.
- Amblyscarta leucomelas (Walker, 1851) Metcalf 1965a: 220.
- Tettigella albopunctulata (Taschenberg, 1884) in Metcalf 1965a: 174.
- Macugonalia leucomelas (Walker, 1851) in Young 1977a: 944.
Natural enemies: Fam. Dryinidae (Hymenoptera) (Remes Lenicov et al. 1999).
Phytosanitary importance: Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca to plants of Olea europaea L. Osb.
(Lopes & Froza 2021) and citrus plants (Esteves et al. 2019) in Brazil. Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex in plants of Prunus salicina in Brazil (Müller et al. 2021).
Phytosanitary importance: Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca to plants of Olea europaea L. Osb.
(Lopes & Froza 2021) and citrus plants (Esteves et al. 2019) in Brazil. Proven vector of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex in plants of Prunus salicina in Brazil (Müller et al. 2021).
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb. (Rutaceae) (Remes Lenicov et al. 1999). Citrus x limon (L.) Burmeister (Rutaceae) and Bauhinia candicans Benth. (Fabaceae) (Defea et al. 2022).
- OSBORN H. 1926 (b). Neotropical Homoptera of the Carnegie Museum. Part 5. Report upon the collections in the subfamily Cicadellinae, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 16, 155-248 + pls. 11–16.
- WALKER . 1851. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, 3, 637-907.
- MENDES L.O.T. . 1938 (a). Obsevações sôbre alguns insectos coletados sôbre algodoeiro durante os anos de 1936 e 1937. Boletim Técnico. Instituto Agronômico do Estado, em Campinas, 45, 1-15.
- YOUNG, D. A. 1977. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 239, 1-1135.
- FUNDECITRUS . 1999. Descobertos mais seis vetores de CVC. Revista Fundecitrus, 94, 8-9.
- REMES LENICOV ET AL. 1999. Cicadelinos asociados a citrus afectados por la Clorosis Variegada (CVC) en la República Argentina (Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 58 (3-4), 211-225.
- ESTEVES M.B., KLEINA H.T., SALES T.M., OLIVEIRA T.P., DE LARA I.A.R., ALMEIDA R.P.P., COLETTA-FILHO H.D., LOPES J.R.S. . 2019. Transmission efficiency of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca sequence types by sharpshooter vectors after in vitro acquisition. Phytopathology 109, 286-293.
- MÜLLER C., ESTEVES M.B., KLEINA H.T., NONDILLO A., BOTTON M., SPOTTI LOPES J.R. . 2021. First sharpshooter species proven as vectors of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex in Prunus salicina trees in Brazil. Tropical plant pathology 46, 386-391.
- DEFEA, B.S., VIRLA E. G., LOGARZO, G. A., CAVICHIOLI, R. R., TAPIA, AGUIRRE, S. M., MC KAY, F., MARTIN, S. & PARADELL, S. L. 2022. Contributions to the knowledge of the Cicadellini sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated with citrus orchards in Argentina. Zootaxa, 5205 (1), 55-72.
