Deltocephalus

Deltocephalus is a leafhopper genus in the sub family Deltocephalinae.[1]

Deltocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadellidae
Tribe: Deltocephalini
Genus: Deltocephalus
Burmeister, 1838
Species
  • D. fuscinervosus
  • D. grex
  • D. nigripennis
  • D. pulicaris
  • D. simplex
  • D. sonorus
  • D. vulgaris
  • D. uncinatus[1]

Deltocephalus vulgaris is a vector of the sugarcane grassy shoot disease.[2]

References
  1. Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zhang Y and Duan Y Zootaxa, 2011, 2870, pages 1–47 ( Preview)
  2. Nested PCR assay for detection of sugarcane grassy shoot phytoplasma in the leafhopper vector Deltocephalus vulgaris : a first report. Srivastava S, Singh V, Gupta PS, Sinha OK and Baitha A, Plant pathology, 2006, volume 55, number 1, pages 25-28 INIST:17570137


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