This species is a vector of the “Argentine curly top virus” of sugar beet (Fawcett, 1927) and the “Brazilian curly top virus” of tomato (Costa, 1952; Nielson, 1968). It has also been reported as a potential vector of the ArAWB phytoplasma, which causes “witches’ broom” in alfalfa in Argentina (Pérez Grosso et al., 2017), and tested positive for the D-16SrIII-J phytoplasma, which causes “garlic tristeza” disease (Catalano, 2011).

Potato (Solanum tubersum L.), pepper (Capsicum annum L.), tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Hill), fababean (Vicia faba L.), zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.), cotton (Gosypium hirsutum L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), maize (Zea mays L.), alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), soibean (Glycine max L.), sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), sorghum (Sorghum vulgare (Pers.)), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), sunflower (Ricinius communis L.), oat (Avena sativa L.), prairie grass (Bromus unioloides Kunth), weeds, garlic(Allium sativum L.), citrics, carrot (Daucus carota L.) and Vicia villosa (Paradell et al., 2014).