Bulletin of Insectology 78: 97-101, doi: 10.3897/bull.insectology.164658
The fig leafhopper, Ficocyba ficaria (Horváth, 1897) established in Hungary (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)
Sándor Koczor‡, Bence Péter Schlitt§|, Attila Takács¶#, Klaudia Kőszegi¶#, Zsolt Medve¤, Balázs Kiss‡‡ HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, Budapest, Hungary§ Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary| Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre – Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary¶ Government Office of Fejér County, Major Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Soil Conservation, Velence, Hungary# University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary¤ Unaffiliated, Farmos, Hungary
Corresponding author: Sándor Koczor ( sakoczor@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Antonio Masetti © Sándor Koczor, Bence Péter Schlitt, Attila Takács, Klaudia Kőszegi, Zsolt Medve, Balázs Kiss. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Koczor S, Schlitt BP, Takács A, Kőszegi K, Medve Z, Kiss B (2025) The fig leafhopper, Ficocyba ficaria (Horváth, 1897) established in Hungary (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Bulletin of Insectology 78: 97-101. https://doi.org/10.3897/bull.insectology.164658 |  |
Abstract
The fig leafhopper, Ficocyba ficaria (Horváth, 1897) (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Typhlocybini) was described from the coast of the Adriatic sea. Since then the species has been reported from several countries, primarily from the Mediterranean area of the Western Palaearctic Region. In the course of the current study the species was found at several locations in Hungary, indicating the presence of stable populations. An overview of currently known distribution of the species is provided. Recent records of the species including results of the present study indicate range expansion of the fig leafhopper.
Keywords
Carpathian Basin, climate change, Ficus carica, invasive species, range expansion, Typhlocybinae