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Speckled Sharpshooter (Paraulacizes irrorata)

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Paraulacizes irrorata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Paraulacizes
Species:
P. irrorata
Binomial name
Paraulacizes irrorata
(Fabricius, 1794)

Paraulacizes irrorata, the speckled sharpshooter, is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae.[1][2][3][4]

Speckled sharpshooter, Paraulacizes irrorata

They lay eggs in woody twigs, stems, or petioles, and their eggs can become infected by Gonatocerus fasciatus, which acts as a parasitoid. [5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ^ "Paraulacizes irrorata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. ^ Tipping, Christopher; Triapitsyn, Serguei V.; Mizell III, Russell F. (2006). "First Record of an Egg Parasitoid for the North American Proconiine Sharpshooter Paraulacizes irrorata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with Notes on Rearing Techniques". The Florida Entomologist. 89 (2): 288–289. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[288:FROAEP]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4092486. S2CID 85869309. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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