Beet leafhopper

Beet leafhopper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cicadellidae
Genus:	Circulifer
Species:	C. tenellus
Binomial name
Circulifer tenellus (Baker, 1896)

The beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) is a species of leafhopper with a longer, thinner build than most. It is found across much of the United States and Mexico, in South Africa and from the countries around the Mediterranean Sea to Central Asia ^[1].

Disease

The beet leafhopper is the carrier of the dreaded curly top virus. A single feeding from a beet leafhopper can infect a nightshade plant like tobacco, tomato, chili pepper, or eggplant, infecting it and rendering it useless for agriculture.

Control

Aside from some pesticides, the beet leafhopper can be managed by companion planting, it is repelled by marigolds, while both petunias and Pelargonium geraniums act as trap crops, drawing them away.

References

1. ^ "Distribution maps of quarantine pests for Europe: Circulifer tenellus". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2006-09-19. http://pqr.eppo.org/datas/CIRCTE/CIRCTE.pdf. 

This article related to members of the insect order Hemiptera is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Cicadellidae Insect vectors of plant pathogens Hemiptera stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Archibald Cochrane Champion Lancer Look at other dictionaries: beet leafhopper — ☆ beet leafhopper [lēf′häp΄ər ] n. a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets …   English World dictionary beet leafhopper — beet′ leaf hopper n. ent a leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus, of the W U.S., a vector of a destructive viral disease of plants, esp. in beets • Etymology: 1915 …   From formal English to slang beet leafhopper — noun Date: 1919 a leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits curly top virus to sugar beets and other garden plants …   New Collegiate Dictionary beet leafhopper — a leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus, of the western U.S., a vector of curly top disease, esp. in beets. [1915 20] * * * …   Universalium beet leafhopper — noun : a destructive homopterous insect (Circulifer tenellus) widely distributed in the western United States where it serves as a vector of curly top on a large number of crop and ornamental plants …   Useful english dictionary leafhopper — /leef hop euhr/, n. any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests. Also called jassid. [1850 55, Amer.; LEAF + HOPPER] * * * Any of the small, slender, often… …   Universalium Leafhopper — Leafhoppers Adult two lined gum treehopper (Eurymeloides bicincta: Eurymelinae) demonstrating a symbiotic relationship with meat ants Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia beetleafhopper — beet leafhopper n. A small insect (Eutettix tenellus) that transmits a destructive viral disease to plants, especially sugar beets, in the United States. * * * …   Universalium homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction   any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… …   Universalium curly top — Plant Pathol. a disease of plants, esp. beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans. [1900 05, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant disease also called  Western Yellow Blight,         viral… …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”