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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Delphacoidea » Delphacid Planthoppers (Delphacidae) » Delphacinae » Delphacini » Perkinsiella » Sugarcane Planthopper (Perkinsiella saccharicida)

Species Perkinsiella saccharicida - Sugarcane Planthopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Strange plant hopper - Perkinsiella saccharicida Piggyback bugs, side view - closeup of passenger - Perkinsiella saccharicida Delphacid Planthopper - Perkinsiella saccharicida Small hemipteran - Perkinsiella saccharicida Perkinsiella saccharicida Sugarcane Planthopper Perkinsiella saccharicida - Perkinsiella saccharicida unknown insect - Perkinsiella saccharicida Florida Leafhopper for ID - Perkinsiella saccharicida
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Delphacoidea
Family Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Delphacinae
Tribe Delphacini
Genus Perkinsiella
Species saccharicida (Sugarcane Planthopper)
Other Common Names
Sugarcane Delphacid(1), Sugarcane Leafhopper
Explanation of Names
Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy 1903
Range
native to se. Asia, adventive in NA (FL-TX) and on several tropical islands worldwide(2)(3)
Remarks
earliest NA record: FL 1980; pest of sugar cane(1)
Works Cited
1.Frank J.H., Thomas M.C. (2013) Invasive insects (adventive pest insects) in Florida
2.Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America
3.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 19 July, 2009 - 8:26pm
Additional contributions by Graham M, v belov
Last updated 23 March, 2012 - 2:12am

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