Euscelis incisa

Euscelis incisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Deltocephalinae
Tribe:	Athysanini
Genus:	Euscelis
Species:	E. incisa
Binomial name
	Euscelis incisa; (Kirschbaum, 1858)
Synonyms
	Cicada plebeja Fallén, 1806 (Unav.); Cicada plebeius Walker 1851 (Lapsus); Athysanus incisus Kirschbaum 1858; Athysanus obscurellus Kirschbaum 1858; Jassus (Athysanus) pallidior Kirschbaum 1868; Athysanus communis Edwards 1888; Athysanus eomunnis Edwards 1888 (Lapsus); Athysanus plebejus v. fusciventris Rey 1894; Athysanus plebejus v. paradoxus Rey 1894; Athysanus plebeius v. tessellatus Rey 1894; Athysanus plebejus tesselatus Hüber 1904 (Lapsus); Athysanus obsscurellus Bergevin 1913 (Lapsus); Euscelis plebejus v. ochreata Haupt 1927; Euscelis plebeja albingensis Wagner 1939; Euscelis plebeja albigensis Reclaire 1944 (Lapsus); Euscelis superplebejus Müller 1947 (Nom. Nud.); Euscelis subplebejus Müller 1947 (Nom. Nud.); Euscelis galiberti Ribaut 1952; Euscelis pallidor Marchand 1953 (Lapsus); Euscelis plebejus v. aestivalis Müller 1954; Euscelis plebejus v. subplebejus Müller 1954; Euscelis plebejus v. vernalis Müller 1954; Euscelis plebejus v. superplebejus Müller 1954;

Euscelis incisa is a leafhopper species in the family Cicadellidae, formerly known as Euscelis plebejus.^[2]

Biology[edit]

Euscelis incisa can be used as a vector of the bacterium Spiroplasma citri, a Mollicute bacterium species and the causative agent of the Citrus stubborn disease, to experimentally infect white clover (Trifolium repens).^[3]

^ Euscelis incisa (Kirschbaum, 1858)
^ NCBI
^ Spiroplasmas are the causal agents of citrus little-leaf disease. P. G. Markham, R. Townsend, M. Bar-Joseph, M. J. Daniels, A. Plaskitt and B. M. Meddins, Annals of Applied Biology, September 1974, Volume 78, Issue 1, pages 49–57, doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.1974.tb01484.x

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