Amrasca biguttula(EMPOBI)
Distribution details in United States of America (Florida)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2024
First recorded in: 2024
first detected in fall 2024 in Florida, and in July 2025, during the cotton growing season in commercial and experimental fields across multiple counties in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
* Esquivel I, Bryant T, Malone S, Jacobson AL, Graham SH, Gimenez-Cremonez PS, Roberts P, Paula-Moreas S, Reisig D, Huseth A, Greene J (2025) First report of two-spot cotton leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula Ishida)(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) on commercial cotton in the southeastern United States. Insects 16(9), 966. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16090966