Macugonalia moesta is a species from the genus Macugonalia.[1][2][3] The species was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Macugonalia |
| Species: | M. moesta
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| Binomial name | |
| Macugonalia moesta (Fabricius, 1803)
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Description edit
Macugonalia moesta is a small blue insect that is 6,7 millimeters long. It has two spots on its back that look like a blue band in the middle and black on the sides. The head and the middle part of the body, the thorax, are black. On the thorax, there is a blue band that stops near the insect's compound eyes. On the head, there is a white band between the eyes that covers two small eyes called ocelli.[4]
Hosts edit
Macugonalia moesta has been found on Wedelia trilobata, Ayapana pallustrus, Heliotropium indicum, Ocimum basilicum, Hyptis mutabilis and Aristolochia iquitensis.[4]
Distribution edit
Macugonalia moesta has been documented in Brazil,[3] French Guiana,[5] Guyana,[5] Peru,[4] and Suriname.[5] Recent observations obtained through Crowdsourcing seem to confirm this.[6]
Ecology edit
Together with Macugonalia umbrosa, M. moesta has been observed as possible vectors for Xylella fastidiosa in citrus orchards in Brazil.[2][3][7] X. fastidiosa is a xylem-inhabiting, vector-transmitted, Gram-negative, very slow-growing bacterium, which in the Amazon causes citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) or citrus X disease.[7]
References edit
- ^ Johann Christian Fabricius (1803), Systema rhyngotorum : secundum ordines, genera, species : adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus (PDF) (in Latin), C. Reichard, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.11644, OCLC 27038819, OL 23345184M, Wikidata Q51392864
- ^ a b Nathalia Hiluy Pecly; Victor Quintas; Gabriel Mejdalani (27 January 2022). "Taxonomic notes on Macugonalia semiguttata (Signoret, 1853) with first descriptions of the male and female terminalia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)". Neotropical Biodiversity. 8 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/23766808.2021.2010453. ISSN 2376-6808. Wikidata Q118792758.
- ^ a b c MALU CHRISTINE BARBOSA FEITOSA (January 2017), COMUNIDADE E DINÂMICA POPULACIONAL DE CIGARRINHAS(HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE: CICADELLINAE) E SEUSPARASITOIDES DE OVOS (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA) EMPOMARES CÍTRICOS NO AMAZONAS, BRASIL (PDF) (in Portuguese), Wikidata Q118792792, archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2023
- ^ a b c Joel VÁSQUEZ; Pedro W. LOZADA. "LAS ESPECIES DE CIGARRITAS (HOMIPTERA, CICADELLIDAE) ASOCIADAS A LAS PLANTAS MEDICINALES Y ORNAMENTALES EN ALLPAHUAYO, IQUITOS-PERÚ". Folia Amazónica (in Spanish). 23. doi:10.24841/FA.V23I2.24. ISSN 1018-5674. Wikidata Q118793248.
- ^ a b c Y. Basset; N. D. Springate; E. Charles (11 July 2005), Folivorous insects in the rainforests of the Guianas, doi:10.1079/9780851995366.0295, Wikidata Q118792929
- ^ "Macugonalia moesta (Fabricius, 1803)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ a b J.D. Janse; A. Obradovic (September 2010). "XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA: ITS BIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, CONTROL AND RISKS". Journal of Plant Pathology. 92: S35–S48. ISSN 1125-4653. JSTOR 41998754. Wikidata Q118792862.