Nephotettix cincticeps
Nephotettix cincticeps, the rice green leafhopper, is a species of true bug in the family Cicadellidae. It is a pest of barnyard millet.[1] It is a key insect vector transmitting rice dwarf virus (RDV) that causes rice dwarf disease.[2]
| Nephotettix cincticeps | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Hemiptera | 
| Family: | Cicadellidae | 
| Genus: | Nephotettix | 
| Species: | N. cincticeps | 
| Binomial name | |
| Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler, 1896 | |
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. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.621141/full. ISSN 1664-302X.
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