Euscelis plebejus

Euscelis plebejus is a leafhopper species in the genus Euscelis.

Euscelis plebejus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:
Cicadoidea
Family:
Cicadellidae
Subfamily:
Deltocephalinae
Tribe:
Athysanini
Genus:
Euscelis
Species:
E. plebejus
Binomial name
Euscelis plebejus
Fall.

E. plebejus can be used as a vector of the bacterium Spiroplasma citri, a Mollicute bacterium species and the causative agent of the Citrus stubborn disease, to experimentally infect white clover (Trifolium repens).[1]

References
  1. Spiroplasmas are the causal agents of citrus little-leaf disease. P. G. Markham, R. Townsend, M. Bar-Joseph, M. J. Daniels, A. Plaskitt and B. M. Meddins, Annals of Applied Biology, September 1974, Volume 78, Issue 1, pages 49–57, doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1974.tb01484.x

"Euscelis plebejus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).


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