Abstract
EENY-389, a 9-page illustrated fact sheet by F. W. Howard, describes a planthopper whose adults feed on various species of palms and is the only known vector for Lethal Yellowing disease in Florida. Includes sections in distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage and economic importance, management, and selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, September 2006.
References
Howard FW, Moore D, Giblin-Davis R, Abad R. 2001. Insects on Palms. CABI Publications, Wallingford, UK, 400 pp. https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851993263.0000
Kramer JP 1979. Taxonomic study of the planthopper genus Myndus in the Americas (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 105: 301-389.
Oropeza C, Howard FW, Ashburner GR (eds.) 1995. Lethal Yellowing: Research and Practical Aspects. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 250 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0433-3