Delphacidae
Sign in to saveDelphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the prominent spur on the tibia of the hindleg.
Species
planthoppers
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyDelphacidae
Habitatbrackish
via GBIF
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Diet and pest species
- Subfamilies, tribes and selected genera
- [[Asiracinae]]
- [[Delphacinae]]
- Kelisiinae
- Plesiodelphacinae
- Stenocraninae
- [[Vizcayinae]]
- Subfamily not placed
- References
Delphacidae is a family of planthoppers containing about 2000 species, distributed worldwide. Delphacids are separated from other "hoppers" by the prominent spur on the tibia of the hindleg.
==Diet and pest species== All species are phytophagous, many occurring on various grasses. Some species are significant pests and important vectors for cereal pathogens; for example: The rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) The white-backed planthopper (rice), Sogatella furcifera (Horváth, 1899) The sugarcane planthopper, Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy, 1903