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Membracoidea
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Cicadellidae
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Cicadellinae
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Proconiini
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Acrogonia
Acrogonia virescens (Metcalf 1949)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Harmful insects, vectors of phytopathogens; without official control
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
South America: Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Paraguay (Young 1968).
- Cicada bicolor Fabricius 1803 (primary homonym of Cicada bicolor Olivier 1791)
- Capinota virescens Metcalf 1949
- Astenogonia fabricii Metcalf 1955 n.nov
- Acrogonia virescens Young 1968 n.comb
Natural enemies: unknown.
Phytosanitary importance: known vector of Xylella fastidiosa to citrus plants [experimental transmission to Citrus sinensis] (Yamamoto et al. 2000).
Phytosanitary importance: known vector of Xylella fastidiosa to citrus plants [experimental transmission to Citrus sinensis] (Yamamoto et al. 2000).
Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (Bonfils & Perthuis 1992), Citrus sinensis L. Obs. (Marucci et al. 2002), weeds associated with Carica papaya L. (Lozada & Arellano 2008).
- FABRICIUS. 1803. Rhyngota. In Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard. Brunsvigae. pp. 1–101, 315. [316 + 21 (index) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11644
- METCALF, Z.P. . 1949 (b). Tettigellidae and Gyponidae (Homoptera) of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana. Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 34, 259-279.
- METCALF, Z.P. 1955 (a). New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 45 (8), 262-267.
- YOUNG. 1968. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), Part 1, Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, 287 pp.
- BONFILS J. & PERTHUIS B. . 1992. Liste sélective des cicadelles vivant dans une palmeraie d'Équateur et son environnement, avec description de Molomea fatalis n. sp. et notes écologiques (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 97, 223-226.
- YAMAMOTO. 2000. Transmissao de Xylella fastidiosa pelas cigarrinhas Homalodisca ignorata, Acrogonia virescens e Molomea cincta (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) em plantas cítricas. Summa Phytopathologica, 26 (1): 128.
- MARICCI ET AL. 2002. Espécies de cigarrinhas (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) em pomares de citros da região de Bebedouro, SP, com descrição de uma espécie nova de Acrogonia Stål. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 46, 149-164.
- LOZADA ROBLES & ARELLANO CRUZ. 2008. Lista preliminar comentada de las "cigarritas" (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) de Chanchamayo y Satipo, Perú. Ecología Aplicada 7 (1-2), 117-122.
- PARADELL ET AL. 2012. Proconiini Sharpshooters of Argentina, with notes on its distribution, host plants, and natural enemies. Journal of Insect Science, 12, 1-17.
- DELLAPÉ. 2013. Cicadelinos potenciales vectores de patógenos en cultivos citrícolas del NE argentino. Estudios taxonómicos y moleculares (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Tesis Doctoral. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. 227 pp.
