jueves, 26 de febrero de 2015

Xyphon sagittifera (Uhler, 1895)

Xyphon sagittifera (Uhler, 1895)



photo: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=1090


miércoles, 25 de febrero de 2015

Philatis Stal, 1862

Family Acanaloniidae

Subfamily Acanaloniinae

Tribe Acanaloniini


genus Philatis Stal, 1862: 68

Philatis signata (Van Duzee, 1923) - Mexico
  = Euthiscia signata Van Duzee, 1923
  Philatis signata (Van Duzee, 1923)
Philatis tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1923) Mexico: Baja California
  = Euthiscia tuberculata Van Duzee, 1923
  = Philatis tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1923)


Philatis signata (Van Duzee, 1923)




Philatis tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1923)




information from:http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Euthiscia.htm

photos by Kimberley Shropshire

viernes, 13 de febrero de 2015

Agrosoma glyphalis Medler, 1960

Agrosoma glyphalis Medler, 1960

México: Colima

image from:http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=1103

sábado, 7 de febrero de 2015

Homalodisca vitripennis Germar, 1821

Homalodisca vitripennis Germar, 1821

Homalodisca vitripennis Germar, 1821
Tettigonia coagulata Say, 1832
Glassy-winged sharpshooter (Common name)

from:
http://takiya.speciesfile.org/taxahelp.asp?hc=1831&key=Proconia&lng=En

domingo, 1 de febrero de 2015

Pierce's disease in México

Pierce's disease in México 
(enfermedad de Pierce)
[transmission of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa ]


Xyphon fulgida (=Carneocephala fulgida)

 Graphocephala atropunctata

Draeculacephala minerva

 Homalodisca lacerta

 Homalodisca coagulata

first reported in 2002, Mexico
is a small list in Mexico, but it is probable that there are more vectors in the country

info:
http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=4521