Graphocephala atropunctata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Graphocephala |
| Species: | G. atropunctata
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| Graphocephala atropunctata (Signoret, 1854)
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Graphocephala atropunctata, commonly known as the blue-green sharpshooter, is a hemipteran bug endemic to California.[1] It carries the phytopathogenic bacteria Xylella fastidiosa which infects the xylem of grape vines causing die-back – known as Pierce's disease. This leads to loss of productivity and economic damage to the California vineyards.[2] Although the bacterium and its damage to grapes had been known in the state since at least 1900, this new vector insect was unknown here until 1997.[2] Suddenly this much more effective vector greatly increased the impact of X. f. and by 1999 Southern California alone was suffering losses of over US $6 million.[2]
References
- ^ "Blue-green Sharpshooter". School of Biological Sciences,University of California, Irvine. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Anderson, Pamela K.; Cunningham, Andrew A.; Patel, Nikkita G.; Morales, Francisco J.; Epstein, Paul R.; Daszak, Peter (2004). "Emerging infectious diseases of plants: pathogen pollution, climate change and agrotechnology drivers". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 19 (10). Cell Press: 535–544. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2004.07.021. ISSN 0169-5347. S2CID 12006626.
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