Alien species of Auchenorrhyncha reported in Austria
Several species of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) are first reported from Austria:
- Pochazia shantungensis (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae – EPPO Alert List) was observed in 2023 in Vienna and in 2024 in Styria and Vorarlberg.
- Bamboosella dimorpha (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) was first recorded in 2021 in Vienna. This species feeds on bamboos and probably originates in Asia. It has also been recently reported from France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland and is considered as a potential vector of Grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasma (EPPO A2 List).
- The North American grape leafhopper Erasmoneura vulnerata was observed in 2022 in Carinthia and in 2023 in Styria. It had previously been recorded from Italy, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland (EPPO RS 2021/084, RS 2021/174)
Kunz et al. (2025) also reports the further spread of several recently introduced species including Acanalonia conica, Graphocephala fennahi, Hishimonus hamatus.
Sources
Kunz G, Kern E, Lind E, Timaeus L, Holzinger WE, Huber E, Schlosser L, Zobel K, van Klink R (2025) New and remarkable true hoppers (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from Austria, with a special focus on Styria. Natura Styriaca 1, 354-361.
Sanna F, Holzinger WE, Cavagna F, Callot H, Webb MD (2025) A new leafhopper genus and species on bamboo, described from Europe (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Mukariini), with remarkable seasonal dimorphism. Zootaxa 5588(2), 323–338. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.7