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Euscelis lineolata

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Euscelis plebejus
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E. plebejus
Binomial name
Euscelis plebejus

Euscelis plebejus is a leafhopper species in the genus Euscelis.

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 lineolata". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).