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Cicadellidae: Xyphon reticulatum

Notes

Specimens collected, imaged, and posted to iNaturalist by Leroy Sablan, Fall 2015.
Xyphon sp. in online checklist of insects in Micronesia.
See revision of Xyphon in PDF attached to this blog post.
Some sources list as 'recticula'.
Xyphon not listed in Cicadellidae of the Pacific checklist (http://www.tymbal.org/KnightCatalogue.pdf)

Rhiparida leaf beetles defoliating Manilkara zapota (chiko)

On 17 June 2015 Tommy Marler brought me some specimens of beetles defoliating chiko. I identified the beetles as follows, pinned them, and put them in the UOG insect collection:

12 - Rhyparida sp.

4 - Phytorus lineolatus (Note that this species has been revised as Rhyparida lineolatus. See [1]

4 - Myllocerus sp.

Eurema caterpillars defoliating a Serianthes sapling

I observed Eurema caterpillars defoliating a Serianthes nelsonii sapling growing at the University of Guam Agricultural Experiment Station in Yigo.

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Rhiparida leaf beetles defoliating Manilkara zapota (chiko)

Eurema caterpillars defoliating a Serianthes sapling

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