Striped Spurred Cicada

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Striped Spurred Cicada
Striped leaf hoppers (Stenocranus minutus)

Striped leaf hoppers ( Stenocranus minutus )

Systematics
Subordination : Pointed-head cicadas (Fulgoromorpha)
Family : Red-leaf hoppers (Delphacidae)
Subfamily : Stenocraninae
Tribe : Stenocranini
Genre : Stenocranus
Type : Striped Spurred Cicada
Scientific name
Stenocranus minutus
( Fabricius , 1787)
Striped leaf hoppers ( Stenocranus minutus )

The striped spur-leaf cicada ( Stenocranus minutus ) is a cicada from the family of spur-leaf leafhoppers (Delphacidae).

features

The cicadas are 5–6 mm long. They have pale brown-colored wings, usually with a dark median stripe that extends to the wing tip. The head looks very elongated when viewed from the side. There are brownish longitudinal stripes in the field of vision of the cicada.

Occurrence

The cicada species is widespread in the Palearctic (Europe, North and Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa). The species is represented in the British Isles.

Way of life

The cicadas can be found on different grasses. Their host plants include the common ball grass ( Dactylis glomerata ) and the pinnate twinkles ( Brachypodium pinnatum ), both from the sweet grass family ( Poaceae ).

The cicadas fly most of the year.

An endoparasite of the Striped Spurred Cicada is Cephalops pannonicus (syn. C. curtifrons ) from the family of the eye flies .

The striped leaf hoppers have been identified as a potential carrier of a bacterial strain ( Candidatus phytoplasma ) that causes disease in cucumbers .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Stenocranus minutus . British bugs. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Stenocranus minutus . insektoid.info. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Genus Stenocranus, Fieber 1866 . University of Delaware, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ag.udel.edu
  4. ↑ Natural Enemies . University of Delaware, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. Archived from the original on July 19, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ag.udel.edu
  5. ↑ D. Valiunas, A. Ivanauskas, L. Urbanaviciene, D. Sneideris, J. Kricenaite and R. Jomantiene: First Report of a New Disease of Cucumber in Lithuania: Molecular Genetic Characterization of the Associated Phytoplasma and Identification of a Possible Insect Vector , Stenocranus minutus . APS Journals, February 2017, Volume 101, Number 2 Page 379. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

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