Balclutha (leafhopper)

Balclutha is a genus of leafhopper that feed on grasses. They have a cosmopolitan distribution with over a 100 species. The species feed primarily on grasses and sedges and can shift into cereal crops causing some economic damage especially by transferring plant viruses. The genus is named after Balclutha in Scotland.

The genus Balclutha is small 2-4 mm long and has the head almost as wide as pronotum. The anterior margin of the head is rounded when viewed from above. The species can only be distinguished on the basis of male genitalia.

Species in the genus include:


 * Balclutha abdominalis Van Duzee, 1892
 * Balclutha alata Lindberg, 1958
 * Balclutha alstoni Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha apicula Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha arctica Beirne, 1950
 * Balclutha arhenana Dlabola, 1967
 * Balclutha aridula Linnavuori, 1959
 * Balclutha asymmetrica Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha auranticula Naudé, 1926
 * Balclutha aurantiigera Kirkaldy, 1907
 * Balclutha bacchusi Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha batuensis Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha bidentifurcata Lu & Zhang, 2013
 * Balclutha bifasciata ( Merino, 1936)
 * Balclutha bilobata Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha bispinosa Webb & Vilbaste, 1994
 * Balclutha boica Wagner, 1950
 * Balclutha botelensis Matsumura, 1940
 * Balclutha brevis Lindberg, 1954
 * Balclutha brownstripa Dai, Li & Chen, 2004
 * Balclutha bulbosa Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha calamagrostis Ossiannilsson, 1961
 * Balclutha caldwelli Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha cheesmanae Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha chersonesia Distant, 1917
 * Balclutha chiasma Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha chloe Kirkaldy, 1907
 * Balclutha chloroptera Melichar, 1914
 * Balclutha clockstripa Dai, Li et Chen, 2004
 * Balclutha cochrani Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha composa Blocker & Nixon, 1978
 * Balclutha confluens Rey, 1894
 * Balclutha curvata Caldwell, 1952
 * Balclutha delicatus Baker, 1903
 * Balclutha delongi Blocker, 1968
 * Balclutha denticula Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha diluta Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha distenda Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha distincta Linnavuori, 1959
 * Balclutha diversa Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha dubiosa Baker, 1925
 * Balclutha dufela Webb, 1980
 * Balclutha dunaca Webb, 1980
 * Balclutha eremica Lindberg, 1958
 * Balclutha flagellata Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha flavella Linnavuori, 1962
 * Balclutha flavescens Baker, 1903
 * Balclutha flavidella McKamey & Hicks, 2007
 * Balclutha frontalis Ferrari, 1882
 * Balclutha fumigatus Naudé, 1926
 * Balclutha fuscifrons Knight & Webb, 1988
 * Balclutha fuscina Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha fuscomaculatus Dai, Li & Chen, 2004
 * Balclutha gangesiensis Webb & Vilbaste, 1994
 * Balclutha grandis Namba, 1956
 * Balclutha impictus Van Duzee, 1892
 * Balclutha incerta Distant, 1918
 * Balclutha incisa (Matsumura, 1902)
 * Balclutha incompta Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha jafara Webb, 1980
 * Balclutha knulli Davidson & DeLong, 1935
 * Balclutha krameri Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha kuroiwae Matsumura, 1914
 * Balclutha lineolata Horváth, 1904
 * Balclutha lobata Namba, 1956
 * Balclutha longa Kuoh, 1987
 * Balclutha lucida (Butler, 1877)
 * Balclutha mexicana Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha mitjajevi Dlabola, 1961
 * Balclutha nambai ?
 * Balclutha neglecta DeLong & Davidson, 1933
 * Balclutha nevadensis Baker, 1903
 * Balclutha nicolasi Lethierry, 1876
 * Balclutha nigriventris Knight & Webb, 1988
 * Balclutha nigromaculatus Naudé, 1926
 * Balclutha noonadana Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha obunca Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha paralucida Lu & Zhang, 2013)
 * Balclutha parapunctata Lu, Zhang & Webb, 2013)
 * Balclutha pararubrostriata Rama Subba Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990
 * Balclutha pellucens Horváth, 1909
 * Balclutha peregrina Kirkaldy, 1910
 * Balclutha petrusa Theron, 1973
 * Balclutha phoxocephala Namba, 1956
 * Balclutha plutonis Kirkaldy, 1910
 * Balclutha prasina Jacobi, 1941
 * Balclutha pseudorosea Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha punctata (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Balclutha rhenana Wagner, 1939
 * Balclutha rieki Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha rieki Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha robusta Caldwell, 1952
 * Balclutha rosaceus Osborn, 1929
 * Balclutha rosea (Scott, 1876
 * Balclutha rothi DeLong & Tsai, 1989
 * Balclutha rubricula Jacobi, 1941
 * Balclutha rubrinervis (Matsumura, 1902)
 * Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar, 1903)
 * Balclutha saltuella (Kirschbaum, 1868)
 * Balclutha sandersi Davidson & DeLong, 1935
 * Balclutha simplex Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha sinuata Webb & Vilbaste, 1994
 * Balclutha spiniloba Linnavuori, 1960
 * Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918)
 * Balclutha sujawalensis Ahmed, 1986
 * Balclutha thaiensis Webb & Vilbaste, 1994
 * Balclutha thea (Distant, 1910)
 * Balclutha tiaowena Kuoh, 1981
 * Balclutha tiaowena Kuoh, 1981
 * Balclutha timberlakei Osborn, 1935
 * Balclutha tricolor Gmelin, 1789
 * Balclutha tricornis Lu & Zhang, 2013
 * Balclutha trilineata Linnavuori, 1960
 * Balclutha tumidus Baker, 1903
 * Balclutha uncinata Kuoh, 1987
 * Balclutha usitata Namba, 1956
 * Balclutha varicolor Distant, 1917
 * Balclutha vermiculatus Baker, 1903
 * Balclutha versicolor Vilbaste, 1968
 * Balclutha viraktamathi Webb & Vilbaste, 1994
 * Balclutha viridinervis Matsumura, 1914
 * Balclutha volcanicola Kirkaldy, 1910
 * Balclutha wilsoni Knight, 1987
 * Balclutha woldai Blocker, 1981
 * Balclutha yanchepensis Evans, 1941
 * Balclutha youngi Blocker, 1967
 * Balclutha zaisanica Mitjaev, 1971