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Candy-striped leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)Leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae.These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees.
Empoasca decipiens is a species of leafhopper belonging to the family Cicadellidae subfamily Typhlocybinae. [1] The adults reach 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) of length and a are homogenously green with whitish markings on its pronotum and vertex. [2] E. decipiens is commonly referred to as the “green leafhopper” because of its ...
Nephotettix cincticeps, the rice green leafhopper, is a species of true bug in the family Cicadellidae. It is a vector of virus diseases in rice and also a pest of barnyard millet . [ 1 ] It is a key insect vector transmitting rice dwarf virus (RDV) that causes rice dwarf disease.
Nephotettix [1] is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae and tribe Chiasmini.Species are mostly found in Asia, although two are from Africa. Known as 'green leafhoppers' of paddy/rice, Nephotettix cincticeps [2] and N. virescens [3] appear to be the most important Asian pest species in this genus: as vectors of viruses, such as tungro disease in rice.
Sharpshooters are large leafhopper insects in the scientific family Cicadellidae.There are almost 20,000 different sharpshooter species, but even with such diversity, these insects share many ...
Common names for E. onukii include the small green leafhopper, tea green leafhopper, or tea jassid. [2] In Mandarin Chinese, the insect is referred to as 茶小綠葉蟬 (chá xiǎo lǜ yèchán) or 小綠浮塵子 (xiǎo lǜ fúchénzǐ). [2] In Siyen Hakka, it is called 著涎 (Zhe xián), 著蜒 (Zhe yán), or 著煙 (Zhe yān).
The 'Green Leafhoppers' are mainly preyed by spiders (Parasteatoda tepidariorum, Dolomedes fimbriatus, Tetragnatha extensa). [2] Possible parasites are several Dryinidae species. [ 2 ] Moreover several parasitoids of the family Mymaridae ( Anagrus species) lay their eggs in eggs of these leafhoppers.
The adult cotton jassid is a long and slender insect about 2.6 mm (0.1 in) in length. It is yellowish-green, with a conspicuous black spot on either side of the head and another near the tip of the fore wing. The head is pale green and the membranous wings transparent and iridescent.