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Genus of planthoppers

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 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. The type species, Nilaparvata lugens, also known as the 'brown planthopper', is a major pest of rice crops.

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web includes the following:

References

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

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Taxon identifiers
Nilaparvata
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