Philaenus spumarius

TaxID: 36667

Basic Information

Philaenus spumarius

Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Meadow Spittlebug, meadow spittlebug

Philaenus spumarius, the meadow froghopper or meadow spittlebug, is a species of insect belonging to the spittlebug family Aphrophoridae. In Italy and America, it is economically important as one of the vectors of Pierce's disease (Xylella fastidiosa).

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Aphrophoridae

Philaenus

spumarius

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Philaenus spumarius
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(c) bsteer@BY-NC
Philaenus spumarius
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(c) Annika Lindqvist@BY
Philaenus spumarius
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(c) Thomas Barbin@BY-NC
Philaenus spumarius
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(c) Matthew Vosper@BY
Philaenus spumarius
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(c) Nash Turley@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (8 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
Australia Quarantine pests —
Brazil A1 list 2018
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Guatemala Absent —
Peru Absent —
Uruguay Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (63 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

60
Present
3
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Albania Present —
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_018207615.1 Scaffold 2760 12 115 -
GCA_002233535.1 Scaffold - - - - -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR4253612 body - - 46086872 USA: Ithaca
SRR4253613 body - - 15728700 USA: Ithaca
SRR4253614 body - - 18182293 USA: Ithaca

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature