Cicadulina mbila

Cicadulina mbila, the maize leafhopper, is a leafhopper species in the genus Cicadulina.

Cicadulina mbila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:
Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:
Membracoidea
Family:
Cicadellidae
Subfamily:
Deltocephalinae
Tribe:
Macrostelini
Genus:
Cicadulina
Species:
C. mbila
Binomial name
Cicadulina mbila
Naudé, 1924
Synonyms

Balclutha mbila Naudé

It is found in sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), the Middle East, West Asia and India. It is one of the vectors of the maize streak virus.[1]

References
  1. Large accumulations of maize streak virus in the filter chamber and midgut cells of the leafhopper vector Cicadulina mbila. El-Desouky Ammar, Daniel Gargani, Jean M. Lett and Michel Peterschmitt, Archives of Virology, February 2009, Volume 154, Issue 2, pages 255-262, doi:10.1007/s00705-008-0308-2


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