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Nilaparvata

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Nilaparvata
Nilaparvata lugens (CSIRO)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Delphacidae
Subfamily: Delphacinae
Tribe: Delphacini
Genus: Nilaparvata
Distant, 1906
Synonyms

Kalpa Distant, 1906

Nilaparvata[1] is a genus of planthoppers in the subfamily Delphacinae and tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815.

Species are widely distributed in the Americas, Africa, tropical Asia and Australia.[2] The type species, Nilaparvata lugens, also known as the 'brown planthopper', is a major pest of rice crops.

Species

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Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web includes the following:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Distant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. [347].
  2. ^ a b Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Nilaparvata Distant, 1906 (retrieved 14 December 2019)
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