Nephotettix is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae and tribe Chiasmini. Species are mostly found in Asia, although two are from Africa.
Known as 'green leafhoppers' of paddy/rice, Nephotettix cincticeps and N. virescens appear to be the most important Asian pest species in this genus: as vectors of viruses, such as tungro disease in rice.
Species
Based on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility listing, this genus includes:
- Nephotettix afer Ghauri, 1968 (southern Africa)
- Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler, 1896 (synonyms: various subspp. of Nephotettix apicalis and N. bipunctatus)
- Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase, 1968
- Nephotettix modulatus Melichar, 1912
- Nephotettix nigropictus (StÃÂ¥l, 1870) (synonym N. nigropicta)
- N. nigropictus yapicola Linnavuori
- Nephotettix parvus Ishihara & Kawase, 1968
- Nephotettix plebeius Kirkaldy, 1906
- Nephotettix sympatricus Ghauri, 1971
- Nephotettix virescens (Distant, 1908) (synonyms: N. bipunctatus (Fabricius), N. impicticeps Ishihara, N. oryzii Mahmood & Aziz, N. yapicola Linnavuori)
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