EPPO Global Database

Oncometopia facialis(ONCMFA)

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 

* Roberto SR, Coutinho A, Lima JEO, Miranda VS, Carlos EF (1996) Transmissão de Xylella fastidiosa pelas cigarrinhas Dilobopterus costalimai, Acrogonia terminalis e Oncometopia facialis em citros. Fitopatologia Brasileira 21(4), 517-518.