Biology:Nephotettix cincticeps

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Short description: Species of true bug

Nephotettix cincticeps
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Scientific classification edit
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

Nephotettix cincticeps, the rice green leafhopper, is a species of true bug in the family Cicadellidae. It is a pest of barnyard millet.[1] It is a key insect vector transmitting rice dwarf virus (RDV) that causes rice dwarf disease.[2]

References

  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 et al. (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. PMID 33488564. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13561162 entry