Classification > Superfamily
Membracoidea
> Family
Cicadellidae
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Cicadellinae
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Proconiini
> Genus
Oncometopia
Oncometopia tucumana Schröder 1959
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Insects with no economic damage registered
- Argentina
- Catamarca
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Natural enemies: Clonostachys rosea (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) (Toledo et al. 2006); Gonatocerus metanotalis (Ogloblin), G. annulicornis (Ogloblin), G. tuberculifemur (Ogloblin) (Virla et al. 2008), G. virlai Triapitsyn, Logarzo & de León (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) (Triapitsyn et al. 2010).
Phytosanitary importance: unknown.
Phytosanitary importance: unknown.
Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth, Bauhinia forficata Link., Cedrela lilloi C.DC., Psidium guajava L., Ligustrum lucidum Aiton, Sorghum halepense L., Zea mays L., Ruprechtia laxiflora Meisn., Citrus limon (L.) Burm., Diatenopteryx sorbifolia Radlk., Urera caracasana (Jacq.), Lantana camara L. (Virla et al. 2008, Paradell et al. 2012).
- SCHRÖDER H. 1959. Taxionomische und tiergeographische Studien an neotropischen Zikaden (Cicadellidae, Tettigellinae). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 499, 1-93.
- YOUNG. 1968. Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), Part 1, Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, 287 pp.
- TOLEDO ET AL. 2006. First record of Clonostachys rosea (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) as an entomopathogenic fungus of Oncometopia tucumana and Sonesimia grossa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Argentina. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 92, 7-10.
- VIRLA ET AL. 2008. Bionomics of Oncometopia tucumana (Hempitera: Cicadellidae), a sharpshooter from Argentina, with notes on its distribution, host plants and egg parasitoids. Florida Entomologist 91 (1), 55-62
- TRIAPITSYN ET AL. . 2010. Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species of Gonatocerus. Zootaxa, 2456, 1-243.
- 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.
