Halticus minutus

TaxID: 2917254

Basic Information

Halticus minutus

Sweetpotato Flea Hopper

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Miridae

Halticus

minutus

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Morphological Features

Adult body length approximately 2.0 mm. Body black, glossy. Head black; antennae slender, yellowish-brown; mouthparts piercing-sucking. Pronotum short and broad, with straight anterior and lateral margins, posterior margin projecting backward in an arc. Scutellum triangular. Forewing corion short, broad, dark brown. Legs yellowish-brown to dark brown; hind femora short but stout. Abdomen black, with hairs.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

Bao Wang, Likai Feng, Heye Qin, Xuncong Ji. 2025. First report of 16SrII–A phytoplasma associated with witches’ broom in Heliotropium arboreum (Blanco) Mabb. from Xisha Islands, with Halticus minutus as a putative vector. Frontiers in Plant Science

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (9 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Country Status State
Australia Present —
China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
New Zealand Present —
Philippines Present —
Thailand Present —
United States of America Present —
Viet Nam Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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