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Issue: Vol. 4508 No. 4: 2 Nov. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-11-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.7
Page range: 579–581
Abstract views: 128
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of the alien bamboo leafhopper, Branchana xanthota, in Japan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan.
Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha alien species morphology host record

Abstract

An alien bamboo leafhopper, Branchana xanthota Li, is recorded from Japan for the first time. Three species of bamboos are recognized as host plants: Phyllostachys bambusoides, Phyllostachys edulis and Pleioblastus simonii.

 

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    Li, Z.Z., Dai, R.H. & Xing, J.C. (2011) Deltocephalinae from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Popular Science Press, Beijing, 336 pp.