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Scaphoideus

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Genus of true bugs

Scaphoideus
Scaphoideus titanus, the vector of the grapevine phytoplasma disease flavescence dorée
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Scaphoideini
Genus: Scaphoideus
Uhler, 1889
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Scaphoideus nymph

Scaphoideus is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae.

Economic importance

Species in the genus are plant pathogens vectors. For instance, the elm yellows is transmitted from infected to healthy trees by the whitebanded elm leafhopper (Scaphoideus luteolus), whereas Scaphoideus titanus is the vector of the grapevine phytoplasma disease flavescence dorée.

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Scaphoideus


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