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Nephotettix cincticeps

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Nephotettix cincticeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Nephotettix
Species:
N. cincticeps
Binomial name
Nephotettix cincticeps
Uhler, 1896
Synonyms
  • Nephotettix apicalis subsp. cincticeps (Uhler, 1896)
  • Nephotettix bipunctatus subsp. cincticeps (Uhler, 1896)
  • Paramesus cincticeps (Uhler, 1896)
  • Selenocephalus cincticeps Uhler, 1896

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.
  2. ^ Jia, Wenxi; Wang, Fei; Li, Jingjing; Chang, Xuefei; Yang, Yi; Yao, Hongwei; Bao, Yanyuan; Song, Qisheng; Ye, Gongyin (2021). "A Novel Iflavirus Was Discovered in Green Rice Leafhopper Nephotettix cincticeps and Its Proliferation Was Inhibited by Infection of Rice Dwarf Virus". Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 621141. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.621141. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 7820178. PMID 33488564.