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Bramble Leafhopper (Ribautiana tenerrima)
Species
Ribautiana tenerrima
- Bramble Leafhopper
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder
Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily
Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family
Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily
Typhlocybinae (Microleafhoppers)
Tribe
Typhlocybini
Genus
Ribautiana
Species
tenerrima
(Bramble Leafhopper)
Other Common Names
Loganberry Leafhopper
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1
)
Explanation of Names
Ribautiana tenerrima
(Herrich-Schäffer 1834)
Size
3-3.5 mm
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2
)
Range
native to Europe & w. Asia, adventive and now widespread in NA
(
3
)
(
4
)
and Australasia
(
1
)
; considered holarctic in
(
5
)
Season
adults Jun-Dec in UK
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2
)
Food
hosts:
Rubus
(blackberries/raspberries) --preferred; also recorded on many other plants
(
3
)
(
5
)
Remarks
may be a minor pest of
Rubus
(incl. cultivated blackberries, boysenberries, raspberries)
(
1
)
; potential vector of phytoplasma
earliest NA record: BC 1947
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4
)
Internet References
Species pages:
Dmitriev ()
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3
)
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Bantock & Botting (2010)
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2
)
Works Cited
1.
Pests of fruit crops: a colour handbook
Alford D.V. 2007. Academic Press. 480 pp.
2.
Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
3.
Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
4.
Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America
5.
Lis et al. (2012) Hemiptera Poloniae
Contributed by
Beatriz Moisset
on 4 November, 2007 - 4:13pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 18 October, 2013 - 11:40pm