General Information

COMMON NAMES: Two-spotted Leafhopper, Twospotted Leafhopper GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE China; EXOTIC EXOTIC ? - Cooks - Societies (1999), Hawai‘i (1987) COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (2004), Naturalised; Land, mountains SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Invasive - natural and horticultural KEY FEATURES: TO 5mmBL incl. wings. Yellowish, with narrow brown mid-dorsal stripe, and to brown spots at rear of wings.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Sophonia rufofascia (Kuoh & Kuoh)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hemiptera; Auchenorrhyncha; Fulgoroidea; CICADELLIDAE

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Invasive - natural and horticultural. Comments: In Hawai‘i, two-spotted leafhoppers are a major agricultural pest damaging agricultural crops such as coffee, banana, taro, guava, mango, and macadamia nuts (Howarth et al. 2001). Two-spotted leafhoppers have also caused massive diebacks native uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis) fern in Hawai‘i, and impact other native Hawaiian plants.

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, near Needle to lamp, 2004, G.McCormack with E.Edwards with ID as CicadellidQQRR, with re-ID G.McCormack 2007/5 as Sophonia rufofascia based on BPBM Austral Biodiversity Survey Report.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB05b, zupB07a, zM05b, zD07a

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