Classification > Superfamily
Membracoidea
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Cicadellidae
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Deltocephalinae
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Deltocephalini
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Planicephalus
Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862)
Dorsal view. Photo taken from World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD) ©2019. ©California Academy of Sciences. License: CC BY 4.0.
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Insects with no economic damage registered
- Argentina
- Córdoba
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
P. flavicosta is widely distributed in America, generally associated to weeds. It was recorded in USA (Florida, Louisiana and Texas), Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panamá, Cuba, Bahamas Islands, Jamaica, Haití, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay (Virla & Paradell 2002).
- Deltocephalus contestus Valdés Ragués, 1910
- Deltocephalus favicosta [sic] (Stål, 1862)
- Deltocephalus harrisii Osborn, 1892
- Deltocephalus pellucidus Osborn, 1926
- Deltocephalus retrorsus Uhler, 1895
- Deltocephalus senilis Van Duzee, 1907
This leafhopper was collected from weed communities containing a mixture of grasses (Gramineae) mostly composed by Cynodon sp., Bromus sp., Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers., Digitaria sanguinalis, Setaria sp., Echinochloa sp. and Cyperus rotundus L.
In laboratory, was tested as host plants the following species: Digitaria sanguinalis, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Bromus unioloides B.K., Zea mays L. and Avena sativa L.; was observed that P. flavicosta females are capable of living more than 20 days and to laying eggs on all of them.
In laboratory, was tested as host plants the following species: Digitaria sanguinalis, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Bromus unioloides B.K., Zea mays L. and Avena sativa L.; was observed that P. flavicosta females are capable of living more than 20 days and to laying eggs on all of them.
- VIRLA E.G. & PARADELL S.L. 2001. On the biology of Planicephalus flavicosta, with notas about its parasitoids in northern Argentina (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 34 (1), 171-187.
- REMES LENICOV A.M.M, PARADELL S.L. & VIRLA E.G. 2004. Catálogo de Insectos Fitófagos de la Argentina (CIFA). Capítulo: Homoptera-Fulgoromorpha y Cicadomorpha. Ed.: Cordo, H.A., Logarzo, G., Braun, K., Di Iorio, O.R. 1ra edición, Sociedad Entomologica Argentina ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina. pp: 284, (Hom.: Aethalionidae); 330-342 (Hom.: Cercopidae, Cicadellidae), 352-355 (Hom. Delphacidae); 377-378 (Hom. Membracidae).
