Paraulacizes irrorata, the speckled sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.[1][2][3][4]

Paraulacizes irrorata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Paraulacizes
Species:
P. irrorata
Binomial name
Paraulacizes irrorata
(Fabricius, 1794)
Speckled sharpshooter, Paraulacizes irrorata

They lay eggs in woody twigs, stems, or petioles, and their eggs can become infected by Gonatocerus fasciatus, which acts as a parasitoid. [5]

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  1. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ^ Tipping, Christopher; Triapitsyn, Serguei V.; Mizell III, Russell F. (2006). "First Record of an Egg Parasitoid for the North American Proconiine Sharpshooter Paraulacizes irrorata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with Notes on Rearing Techniques". The Florida Entomologist. 89 (2): 288–289. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[288:FROAEP]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4092486. S2CID 85869309. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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