Pentastiridius leporinus

Cixiidae • Fulgoromorpha • Hemiptera • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

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Pentastiridius leporinus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Michael F. Schönitzer
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Pentastiridius leporinus (Linnaeus)

This planthopper infests sugarbeet in Europe and is a vector of phytoplasmas. It also transmits the sugarbeet disease 'basses richesses', caused by Candidatus Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus. The species has been often misidentified as Pentastiridius beieri.