Scaphoideus

Scaphoideus
Scaphoideus titanus, the vector of the grapevine phytoplasma disease flavescence dorée.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Genus: Scaphoideus
Uhler, 1889
Species

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Scaphoideus is a leafhopper genus 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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