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Balclutha (leafhopper)

{{Short description|Genus of insects}}

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| image_caption = Balclutha punctata

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| taxon = Balclutha

| authority = Kirkaldy, 1900

| type_species = Cicada punctata

| type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1775

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Balclutha is a genus of leafhopper that feed on grasses. They have a cosmopolitan distribution with over 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.{{cite journal|author= Dmitriev, D. A. |year=2022| title=Etymology and Grammatical Gender of Generic Names in Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera).| journal=Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin| volume=43|issue=2022001|doi=10.21900/j.inhs.v43.837|doi-access=free}}

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.{{Cite journal |last=Knight |first=W.J. |date=1987 |title=Leafhoppers of the grass-feeding genus Balclutha (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in the Pacific region |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222938700770731 |journal=Journal of Natural History |language=en |volume=21 |issue=5 |pages=1173–1224 |doi=10.1080/00222938700770731 |issn=0022-2933|url-access=subscription }}

Species in the genus include:

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Category:Macrostelini

Category:Cicadellidae genera