EPPO Global Database

Oncometopia nigricans(ONCMNI)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, no details
Comments
Presence in Florida and Georgia is confirmed.
References
* Brlansky RH, Damsteegt VD, Hartung JS (2002) Transmission of the citrus variegated chlorosis bacterium Xylella fastidiosa with the sharpshooter Oncometopia nigricans. Plant Disease 86, 1237-1239.

* Nielson MW (1968) The leafhopper vectors of phytopathogenic viruses (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Taxonomy, biology and virus transmission. Technical Bulletin No. 1392. USDA Agricultural Research Service. 386 pp.

* Rakitov R (2016) The Oncometopia orbona species group (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Proconiini). Zootaxa 4168(1), 109-133.

* Young DA (1968) Taxonomy study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 1 Proconiini. United States National Museum Bulletin 261. Smithsonian Institution Press. 287 pp.