''Macrosteles'' is a leafhopper genus in the tribe
Macrostelini
Macrostelini is a tribe in the Deltocephalinae subfamily of leafhoppers. Macrostelini contains 37 genera and over 300 species. The tribe has a cosmopolitan distribution. Some species in the genus ''Cicadulina'' are agricultural pests and transm ...
with more than 80 species, most in the northern hemisphere. Some species are known to migrate.
[Meade, A.B. & A.G. Peterson. 1964. Origin of populations of the six-spotted leafhopper, ''Macrosteles fascifrons'', in Anoka county, Minnesota. J. Econ. Entomol. 57: 885-888.]
Species
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Macrosteles alpinus'' (Zetterstedt, 1828)
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Macrosteles bimaculatus''
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Macrosteles binotata''
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Macrosteles borealis''
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Macrosteles chobauti'' Ribaut, 1952
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Macrosteles cristatus'' (Ribaut, 1927)
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Macrosteles empetri'' (Ossiannilsson, 1935)
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Macrosteles fascifrons'' - the aster leafhopper
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Macrosteles guttatus''
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Macrosteles horvathi''
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Macrosteles laevis'' (Ribaut, 1927)
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Macrosteles latiaedeagus''
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Macrosteles lepidus''
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Macrosteles oshanini'' Razvyazkina, 1957
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Macrosteles parvidens''
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Macrosteles quadrilineatus
''Macrosteles quadrilineatus'', the aster leafhopper or six-spotted leafhopper, is a leafhopper species in the genus ''Macrosteles'', found in the United States. It is the vector of aster yellows disease, which affects various vegetable plants, ...
'' - the aster leafhopper
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Macrosteles slossonae''
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Macrosteles tibetensis''
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Macrosteles variatus''
* many others.
References
External links
''Macrosteles''at bugguide.net
Cicadellidae genera
Macrostelini
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