Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, 1865

Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, Zootaxa 4420 (4), pp. 475-501 : 480

Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, 1865 ( Figs 2 and 13a–b )

Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Not recorded.

Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: Vector for Bois noir disease in grape, and tested positive for Aster yellows (AY) in western Palaearctic ( Wilson & O’Brien 1987; Alma 2002; Batlle et al. 2000; Orenstein et al. 2003; Wilson 2005; Weintraub & Beanland 2006; Bertin et al. 2010a; Landi et al. 2013).

Recorded distribution in Iran: Northeast, north, northwest, south slope of Alborz, west and southwest ( Mozaffarian & Wilson 2011).

Conclusion: Pest and vector status need to be studied in Iran.

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Habitus of Fulgoromorpha of Iran recorded as pests in orchards: 1. Hyalesthes mlokosiewiczi; 2- H. obsoletus; 3. Reptalus quinquecostatus; 4. Laodelphax striatellus; 5. Dictyophara europaea; 6. Mesophantia pallens, a: dorsal b: lateral; 7. Persepolia columbaria, a: dorsal, b: lateral; 8. Iranodus amygdalinus; 9. Orosanga japonicus; 10. Tettigometra costulata; 11. Ommatissus lybicus.

FIGURES 12–19. Male genitaliae of Fulgoromorpha of Iran recorded as pests in orchards: 12. Hyalesthes mlokosiewiczi, a: stylus, lateral view, b: aedeagus, lateral view; 13. H. obsoletus, a: stylus, lateral view, b: aedeagus, lateral view; 14. Reptalus quinquecostatus, a: stylus, dorsal view, b: anal tube, dorsal view, c: aedeagus, lateral view; 15. Laodelphax striatellus a: stylus, laterl view, b: aedeagus, lateral view; 16. Mesophantia pallens, a: anal tube, dorsal view, b: aedeagus, lateral view, c: stylus, lateral view; 17. Persepolia columbaria, a: anal tube, lateral view, b: stylus, lateral view, c: aedeagus, lateral view; 18. Orosanga japonicas, a: stylus, lateral view, b: aedeagus, lateral view; 19. Ommatissus lybicus, aedeagus, lateral view.