First record from Europe of the Asian bamboo-feeding leafhopper Trifida bilobata Ohara, 2014 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

Francesco Poggi; Francesco Sanna; Alice Casiraghi; Marko Šćiban; Gernot Kunz

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.7

First record from Europe of the Asian bamboo-feeding leafhopper Trifida bilobata Ohara, 2014 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

Zootaxa. 2024 Apr 4;5433(1):144-150. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.7.

Authors

Francesco Poggi¹, Francesco Sanna², Alice Casiraghi³, Marko Šćiban⁴, Gernot Kunz⁵

Affiliations

¹ Independent researcher; Via Madonnina 6/B; I-23873 Missaglia LC; Italy. erythria@gmail.com.
² Department of Agronomy; Food; Natural Resources; Animals and Environment (DAFNAE); University of Padua; Italy. sannino.sanna@gmail.com.
³ Department of Arthropods; Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona; Spain. casiraghi_alia@gva.es.
⁴ Association for Sustainable Development and Conservation of Natural Habitats of Serbia - HabiProt; Novi Sad; Serbia. sciban.marko@gmail.com.
⁵ Karl-Franzens-University of Graz; Universitätsplatz 2; Department of Biology (Zoology); Graz; Austria. gernot.kunz@gmail.com.

PMID: 39645759
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.7

Abstract

The Asian bamboo-feeding leafhopper Trifida bilobata Ohara, 2014 from Japan, is recorded for the first time in several European countries (Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Serbia). Morphology and ecology of the collected specimens in Europe are presented.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Ecosystem
Europe
Female
Hemiptera* / anatomy & histology
Hemiptera* / classification
Male
Organ Size