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First record of Euscelidius variegatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in eastern North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2019

Jean-Philippe Parent ,
Lori Bittner  and
Joel H. Kits
Jean-Philippe Parent*
Affiliation:
Centre de recherche et de développement de St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, 430 Boulevard Gouin, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, J3B 3E6, Canada
Lori Bittner
Affiliation:
Vineland – London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, Ontario, L0R 2E0, Canada
Joel H. Kits
Affiliation:
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected])
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Abstract

Euscelidius variegatus (Kirschbaum) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) is a leafhopper known to vector phytoplasmas in cultivated vines (Vitis vinifera Linnaeus (Vitaceae)) of western Europe. Its occurrence has been recorded in western North America more than 60 years ago, but so far not in eastern North America, including Canada. In the last 15 years, three specimens have been found in Ontario near and around vineyards. Here we report the first record of E. variegatus in Canada and eastern North America.

Type
Biodiversity and Evolution–NOTE
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 151 , Issue 5 , October 2019 , pp. 648 - 650
Copyright
© Entomological Society of Canada 2019 

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Subject editor: Roselyne Labbé

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