Sogatella furcifera (Horvath)

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Delphacidae

Common name

White-backed planthopper

Host plants/ Damage symptoms

Rice, maize, grasses, millets, etc.

Damage symptoms typically include hopper burn (yellowing, browning and death of above ground parts) uniformly over large areas in the early transplanted crop and presence of greyish white coloured nymphs and adults at the base of the plants.

Pest status

Occasionally serious. The pest is a vector of rice yellows and stunt diseases.

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