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A first Canadian and three new Québec records of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera) in grapevine (Vitaceae): potential virus vectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2020

I.E. Ben Moussa
Affiliation:
Centre de recherche et de développement de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, J3B 3E6, Canada Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
P. Lemoyne
Affiliation:
Centre de recherche et de développement de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, J3B 3E6, Canada
C. Beaulieu
Affiliation:
Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1K 2R1, Canada
J. Kits
Affiliation:
Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
M.L. Fall*
Affiliation:
Centre de recherche et de développement de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, J3B 3E6, Canada
*
*Corresponding author. Email: mamadoulamine.fall@canada.ca

Abstract

A comprehensive biovigilance programme was undertaken in 2018 to monitor potential insect vectors of viruses of grapevines (Vitis vinifera; Vitaceae) in two vineyards in Québec. Two hundred seventy-four insects were collected using yellow sticky traps and sweeping nets. Collected specimens were first classified into orders, with special attention given to the Hemiptera order, which is the main group of virus vectors. Hemipteran pests were identified to species. Among these specimens, one adult of Rossmoneura tecta McAtee (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) was identified, the first report of this species in Canada. Empoasca vincula DeLong, Erythroneura acuticephala Robinson, and Erythroneura cymbium McAtee, three other species belonging to the same family and previously reported in other Canadian provinces, were also identified for the first time in Québec. Further investigations are being undertaken to test the ability of these species to transmit grapevine viruses.

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Scientific Notes
Copyright
© Crown Copyright and The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of Canada

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