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Balclutha lucida (Butler, 1877)

Leafhopper

Arid to pampa and agriculture zones; February-August; very abundant and widespread; parasitized by Dryinidae wasps and the strepsipteran Elenchus koebeli.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha

Superfamily
Membracoidea

Family
Cicadellidae

Section
Balcluthini

Genus
Balclutha

Species
lucida

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Balclutha floridana

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1989

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago

References

  • Liebhold, A. M. Turner, R. M., Bartlett, C. R., Bertelsmeier, C., Blake, R. E., Brockerhoff, E. G., Causton, C. E., Matsunaga, J. N., McKamey, S. H., Nahrung, H. F., Owen, C. L., Pureswaran, D. S., Roques, A., Schneider, S. A., Sanborn, A. F., & Yamanaka, T. (2024) Why so many Hemiptera invasions? Diversity and Distributions, 30, e13911. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13911
  • Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Balclutha lucida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5585. Accessed 5 November 2026.