EPPO Global Database

Homalodisca ignorata(HOMLIG)

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
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Potential vector
* Coletta-Filho HD, Castillo AI, Laranjeira FF., Andrade EC, Silva NT, Souza AA, Bossi ME, Almeida RPP, Lopes JRS (2020) Citrus Variegated Chlorosis: an Overview of 30 Years of Research and Disease Management. Tropical Plant Pathology 45, 175-191.

* Marucci RC, Lopes JRS, Cavichioli RR (2008) Transmission Efficiency of Xylella fastidiosa by Sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Coffee and Citrus. Journal of Economic Entomology 101(4), 1114-1121.
------- experimental transmission to Citrus sinensis and Coffea arabica 

* Yamamoto PT, Roberto SR, Praia-Júnior WD, Felippe MR, Miranda VS, Teixeira DC, Lopes JRS (2002) Transmissão de Xylella fastidiosa pelas cigarrinhas Acrogonia virescens e Homalodisca ignorata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) em plantas cítricas. Summa Phytopathology 26(1), 128.
------- experimental transmission to Citrus sinensis