Amrasca biguttula(EMPOBI)
Distribution details in United States of America (Georgia)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2026: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2024
First recorded in: 2024
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/233) : 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.
causing damage on Hibiscus syriacus in nurseries.
causing damage on Hibiscus syriacus in nurseries.
* Attia S, Joseph SV (2026) Incidence of the Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) infesting Hibiscus syriacus in ornamentals. Agronomy 16(1), 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy16010032
* 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
* 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
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Absent, unreliable record |