Euscelis

Euscelis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Deltocephalinae
Tribe:	Athysanini
Genus:	Euscelis; Brullé 1832
Species
	Euscelis maculipennis; Euscelis plebejus; Euscelis sordidus; Euscelis variegatus;

Euscelis is a leafhopper genus in the subfamily Deltocephalinae.

Euscelis 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

^ 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

External links

Euscelis at bugguide.net

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[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

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