Center for Systematic Entomology (CSE)

First report of corn leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the USA Midwest Suction Trap Network

Hemiptera
Cicadellidae

  • Doris M. Lagos-Kutz

    Illinois Natural History Survey-Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA

  • Isabel Plasencia

    Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

  • Christopher H. Dietrich

    Illinois Natural History Survey-Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 607 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA

  • Joseph LaForest

    Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 2360 Rainwater Road, Tifton, Georgia, 31793, USA

  • Brian McCornack

    Department of Entomology, Manhattan State University, 1603 Old Claflin Pl., Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, USA

  • Erin Hodgson

    Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, 2213 Pammel Drive, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA

  • Raul T. Villanueva

    Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, 1205 Hopkinsville Street P.O. Box 469, Princeton, Kentucky, 42445, USA

  • Nicholas J. Seiter

    Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

  • Anthony J. McMechan

    Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 105B Entomology Hall, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68583, USA

  • Michael S. Crossley

    Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716, USA

  • Steven J. Clough

    United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, 1101 W Peabody Drive, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

Zoobank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:685E13F0-9241-495F-A91D-899AFAC4470F

Keywords: Host plant, corn, corn stunt disease, monitoring, distribution

Abstract

Corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis (DeLong and Wolcott) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), is native to Central and South America, but invasive in the United States. This species is a threat to corn, Zea mays L., one of the main crops of economic importance in the US, because it is also a vector of three pathogens responsible for corn stunt diseases complex: corn stunt spiroplasma (CSS), maize bushy stunt phytoplasma (MBSP), and maize rayado fino virus (MRFV). Therefore, monitoring the dispersal of this pest is necessary to document its geographic expansion and anticipate the incidence of corn stunt disease. Based on trap catches obtained from the Midwest Suction Trap Network in 2024, corn leafhopper populations increased late in the growing season in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. We will continue to monitor the dispersal of this invasive species through the Midwest Suction Trap Network to provide information to researchers, extension agents, and producers regarding this agronomically important pest.

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2025-02-28

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Lagos-Kutz DM, Plasencia I, Dietrich CH, LaForest J, McCornack B, Hodgson E, Villanueva RT, Seiter NJ, McMechan AJ, Crossley MS, Clough SJ. 2025. First report of corn leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the USA Midwest Suction Trap Network. Insecta Mundi 1110: 1–10.
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