EPPO Global Database

Circulifer tenellus(CIRCTE)

Vector of

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
Beet curly top virus (BCTV00) Known vector
* Bennett CW (1967) Epidemiology of leafhopper-transmitted viruses. Annual Review of Phytopathology 5, 87.

* Soto MJ, Gilbertson RL (2003) Distribution and rate of movement of the curtovirus Beet mild curly top virus (family Geminiviridae) in the beet leafhopper. Phytopathology 93, 478-484. 
Spiroplasma citri (SPIRCI) Known vector
* Sagouti T, Belabess Z, Rhallabi N, Barka EA, Tahiri A, Lahlali R (2022) Citrus Stubborn Disease: current insights on an enigmatic problem prevailing in Citrus orchards. Microorganisms 10(1), 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10010183
------- major vecor in the USA. Also present in Middle East.