Pisacha

This article is about the genus of planthoppers. For the mythical Indian demons, see Pishacha.

Pisacha is a genus of planthoppers in the tribe Pisachini in the subfamily Nogodininae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906.^[1] Species have been recorded from South East Asia and Japan.^[2]

Pisacha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Nogodinidae
Subfamily:	Nogodininae
Tribe:	Pisachini
Genus:	Pisacha Distant, 1906

External image
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Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists on the Web^[2] includes:

1. Pisacha baculiformis Meng, Wang & Wang, 2014
2. Pisacha balteiformis Meng, Wang & Wang, 2014
3. Pisacha encaustica (Jacobi, 1916)
4. Pisacha falcata Meng, Wang & Wang, 2014
5. Pisacha kwangsiensis Chou & Lu, 1977
6. Pisacha naga Distant, 1906 -  type species
7. Pisacha yinggensis Meng, Wang & Wang, 2014