Nephotettix

Nephotettix^[1] is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae and tribe Chiasmini. Species are mostly found in Asia, although two are from Africa.

Nephotettix
Nephotettix cincticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Deltocephalinae
Tribe:	Chiasmini
Genus:	Nephotettix Matsumura, 1902

Known as 'green leafhoppers' of paddy/rice, Nephotettix cincticeps^[2] and N. virescens^[3] appear to be the most important Asian pest species in this genus: as vectors of viruses, such as tungro disease in rice.

video of nymph movement

Species

Based on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility^[4] listing, this genus includes:

• Nephotettix afer Ghauri, 1968 (southern Africa)
• Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler, 1896 (synonyms: various subspp. of Nephotettix apicalis and N. bipunctatus)^[2]
• Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase, 1968
• Nephotettix modulatus Melichar, 1912
• Nephotettix nigropictus (Stål, 1870) (synonym N. nigropicta)
  • N. nigropictus yapicola Linnavuori
• Nephotettix parvus Ishihara & Kawase, 1968
• Nephotettix plebeius Kirkaldy, 1906
• Nephotettix sympatricus Ghauri, 1971
• Nephotettix virescens (Distant, 1908) (synonyms: N. bipunctatus (Fabricius), N. impicticeps Ishihara, N. oryzii Mahmood & Aziz, N. yapicola Linnavuori)^[3]