Liburnia pseudoseminigra (Delphacidae: Homoptera), a new and unusual pest of St. Augustine grass.

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By Cherry, R.H., P. Stansly, R. Nagata and S. Halbert
Florida Entomologist 89(4): 459-461., 2006
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Cherry, R.H., P. Stansly, R. Nagata and S. Halbert. 2006. Liburnia pseudoseminigra (Delphacidae: Homoptera), a new and unusual pest of St. Augustine grass. Florida Entomologist 89(4): 459-461.

ABSTRACT
No publications have reported delphacid planthoppers (Family Delphacidae) to be turf pests in the United States. In March 2005, a large infestation of the delphacid planthopper, Liburnia pseudoseminigra (Muir & Gifford), was found infesting St. Augustinegrass, Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze, in a commercial sod farm in southern Florida...

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 4 September, 2015 - 9:10am

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