Classification > Superfamily
Membracoidea
> Family
Cicadellidae
> Subfamily
Cicadellinae
> Tribe
Proconiini
> Genus
Molomea
Molomea lineiceps Young 1968
No image available
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Insects with no economic damage registered
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Jujuy
- La Rioja
- Misiones
- Salta
- Santa Fe
- Tucumán
- Argentina
- Entre Ríos
Other distribution
South America: Brazil and Paraguay (Young 1968).
Natural enemies: Gonatocerus annulicornis (Ogloblin) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) (Paradell et al. 2012) and Halictophagus sp. (Strepsiptera: Halictophagidae) (Dellapé 2013).
Phytosanitary importance: Specimens captured in citrus crops from Entre Rios province, Argentina, tested positive for the xylem-borne bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of the disease "Citrus Variegated Clorosis" (Dellapé et al. 2016).
Phytosanitary importance: Specimens captured in citrus crops from Entre Rios province, Argentina, tested positive for the xylem-borne bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of the disease "Citrus Variegated Clorosis" (Dellapé et al. 2016).
Bignonia sp., Citrus sinensis L. Obs and Vitis vinífera L. (Azevedo-Filho & Carvalho 2004, 2006, Beltrán et al. 2004, Azevedo-Filho et al. 2008, Paradell et al. 2012).
- BELTRÁN ET AL. 2004. CVC Associated vectors in Valencia Orange of Corrientes, Argentina. Proceedings of the International Society of Citriculture: 10th International Citrus Congress, 75-83.
- YOUNG. 1968. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), Part 1, Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, 287 pp.
- AZEVEDO-FILHO & CARVALHO. 2004. Guia para coleta e identificação de cigarrinhas em pomares de citros no Rio Grande do Sul. Edipucrs, Porto Alegre, 87 pp
- AZEVEDO-FILHO & CARVALHO . 2006. Cigarrinhas de citros no Rio grande do Sul: Taxonomia. Edipucrs, Porto Alegre, 141 pp.
- AZEVEDO-FILHO ET AL. 2008. Egg brochosomes of Proconiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) species associated with cultivation of grapevines. Scientia Agricola 65 (2), 209-213.
- 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, G., PARADELL, S., DELFEDERICO, L. & SEMORILE L. . 2016. The potential vectors of Xylella fastidiosa from Argentina: a study of leafhoppers and treehoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) on citrus agroecosystems. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 161 (2), 92-103.
