Nephotettix cincticeps
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Nephotettix |
| Species: | N. cincticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler, 1896 | |
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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
- ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.
- ^ 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.