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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Macugonalia |
| Species: | M. moesta |
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| Macugonalia moesta (Fabricius, 1803) | |
Macugonalia moesta is a species of leafhopper from the genus Macugonalia. The species was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803.
Description
Macugonalia moesta is a small blue insect that is 6,7 millimeters long. It has two spots on its back that look like a blue band in the middle and black on the sides. The head and the middle part of the body, the thorax, are black. On the thorax, there is a blue band that stops near the insect's compound eyes. On the head, there is a white band between the eyes that covers two small eyes called ocelli.
Hosts
Macugonalia moesta has been found on Wedelia trilobata, Ayapana pallustrus, Heliotropium indicum, Ocimum basilicum, Hyptis mutabilis and Aristolochia iquitensis.
Distribution
Macugonalia moesta has been documented in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Recent observations obtained through crowdsourcing seem to confirm this.
Ecology
Together with Macugonalia umbrosa, M. moesta has been observed as possible vectors for Xylella fastidiosa in citrus orchards in Brazil. X. fastidiosa is a xylem-inhabiting, vector-transmitted, Gram-negative, very slow-growing bacterium, which in the Amazon causes citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) or citrus X disease.
References
- Johann Christian Fabricius (1803), Systema rhyngotorum : secundum ordines, genera, species : adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus (PDF) (in Latin), C. Reichard, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.11644, OCLC 27038819, OL 23345184M, Wikidata Q51392864
- ^ Nathalia Hiluy Pecly; Victor Quintas; Gabriel Mejdalani (27 January 2022). "Taxonomic notes on Macugonalia semiguttata (Signoret, 1853) with first descriptions of the male and female terminalia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)". Neotropical Biodiversity. 8 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/23766808.2021.2010453. ISSN 2376-6808. Wikidata Q118792758.
- ^ MALU CHRISTINE BARBOSA FEITOSA (January 2017), COMUNIDADE E DINÂMICA POPULACIONAL DE CIGARRINHAS(HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE: CICADELLINAE) E SEUSPARASITOIDES DE OVOS (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA) EMPOMARES CÍTRICOS NO AMAZONAS, BRASIL (PDF) (in Portuguese), Wikidata Q118792792, archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2023
- ^ Joel VÁSQUEZ; Pedro W. LOZADA. "LAS ESPECIES DE CIGARRITAS (HOMIPTERA, CICADELLIDAE) ASOCIADAS A LAS PLANTAS MEDICINALES Y ORNAMENTALES EN ALLPAHUAYO, IQUITOS-PERÚ". Folia Amazónica (in Spanish). 23. doi:10.24841/FA.V23I2.24. ISSN 1018-5674. Wikidata Q118793248.
- ^ Y. Basset; N. D. Springate; E. Charles (11 July 2005), Folivorous insects in the rainforests of the Guianas, doi:10.1079/9780851995366.0295, Wikidata Q118792929
- "Macugonalia moesta (Fabricius, 1803)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ J.D. Janse; A. Obradovic (September 2010). "XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA: ITS BIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, CONTROL AND RISKS". Journal of Plant Pathology. 92: S35 – S48. ISSN 1125-4653. JSTOR 41998754. Wikidata Q118792862.
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