Agallia constricta

Agallia constricta
Adult form
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Agallia
Species:
A. constricta
Binomial name
Agallia constricta
Van Duzee, 1894

Agallia constricta, the constricted leafhopper, is a species of leafhopper found around North America. It is polyphagous, feeding on plants such as Trifolium incarnatum, Nicotiana rustica, N. glutinosa, and Solanum tuberosum and can vector to these plants a New Jersey-specific strain of potato yellow dwarf virus.

References

  1. ↑ "Agallia constricta Van Duzee, 1894". GBIF. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  2. ↑ Black, L.M. (1941). "Specific transmission of varieties of potato yellow-dwarf virus by related insects". American Potato Journal. 18: 231–233. doi:10.1007/BF02886543.