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Biology of Zagella delicata (Hymenoptera : Trichogrammatidae), an egg parasitoid of the sharpshooter Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera : Clypeorrhyncha : Clcadellidae) in Argentina
Research on biological control of glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) Homalodisca coagulata (Say) started in the 1990s. This sharpshooter, vector of Pierce's disease bacteria Xylella fastidiosa Wells...
Descriptions of eight new Acrogonia species from the Amazon region, including peculiar features of the female genitalia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini)
Eight new species of the agriculturally important sharpshooter genus Acrogonia Stal, 1869 are described and illustrated from Brazil (one of them also recorded from Peru): A. amazonensis sp. nov. (s...
DIVERSITY OF CICADOMORPHA (HEMIPTERA: AUCHENORRHYNCHA) IN CITRUS ORCHARDS IN NORTHEASTERN ARGENTINA
Among phytophagous insects, the Cicadomorpha are important economically because they damage crops by sucking plant sap and by transmitting plant pathogens, such as Spiroplasma citri and Xylella fas...
FIRST PRESUMPTIVE DIAGNOSIS OF XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA CAUSING OLIVE SCORCH IN ARGENTINA
In December 2013, in Aimogasta (La Rioja province) and Cruz del Eje (Córdoba province) olive trees older than 50 years of age were observed in six orchards of cv. Arauco, which showed symptoms reca...
Proconiini Sharpshooters of Argentina, with notes on its distribution, host plants, and natural enemies
The American tribe Proconiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) is one of the largest groups of xylem-feeding insects and includes the majority of the known vectors of xylem-born phytopathoge...
XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA subsp PAUCA ST69 IN OLIVE IN ARGENTINA
In Argentina, the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa was detected in late 2013 in traditional olive orchards of more than 50 years of age, in the provinces of La Rioja, Córdoba and Catamarca; plants show...
