Contact Information
1816 S. Oak St., MC-652
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Interests
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects (Hemiptera)
Research Description
Ongoing projects include phylogenomic analyses of major lineages of Membracoidea, development of online tools for genus and species identification, studies of the diversity and evolution of leafhopper-associated plant pathogens, and conservation of grassland insect biotas.
Education
PhD, Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1990
BS, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 1984
Additional Campus Affiliations
Systematic Entomology, Section Leader, Illinois Natural History Survey
Affiliate, Entomology
Affiliate, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
External Links
Recent Publications
Cao, Y., Dietrich, C. H., Dmitriev, D. A., Zou, H., Xue, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2026). Analyses of expanded anchored-hybrid phylogenomic datasets support revisions to the higher classification of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Systematic Entomology, 51(1), Article e70035. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70035
Trivellone, V., Cao, Y., & Dietrich, C. H. (2026). A Workflow for Phytoplasma Discovery and Characterization in Potential Insect Vectors: From Non-destructive DNA Extraction and Vouchering to Next-Generation Sequencing. In Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 101-118). (Methods in Molecular Biology; Vol. 3008). Humana Press Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-5104-9_9
Trivellone, V., Syeda, W. N., Zamharir, M. G., & Dietrich, C. H. (2026). Diversity of Phytoplasmas Infecting Plants and Insects in Iran Reveals Two Novel Ribosomal Subgroups. Insects, 17(2), Article 223. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17020223
Trivellone, V., Dietrich, C. H., Panassiti, B., Pagels, A., Janssen, E., Marcum, P. B., Johnson, S., McIntyre, S. D., Feist, M. A., Zaya, D. N., Benson, T. J., & Molano-Flores, B. (2026). Vegetation mediates the effect of management and habitat on Auchenorrhyncha species richness, but not community quality, in restored grasslands. Journal for Nature Conservation, 91, Article 127231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2026.127231
Zahniser, J. N., Dietrich, C. H., Cao, Y., Dmitriev, D. A., & Pinedo-Escatel, J. A. (2026). New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1-51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171