Pyrilla perpusilla

Pyrilla perpusilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Lophopidae
Genus: Pyrilla
Species:
P. perpusilla
Binomial name
Pyrilla perpusilla
(Walker, 1851)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Dictyoptera pallida Stebbing (1903)
  • Fulgora pallida Donovan (1800)
  • Pyrops perpusilla
  • Zamila perpusilla Walker (1851)

Pyrilla perpusilla, commonly known as the sugarcane planthopper,[1] is a planthopper in the family Lophopidae. It is native to Asia where it feeds on grasses and other plants and is a major pest of sugarcane and sorghum.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Pyrilla perpusilla (sugarcane planthopper)". Invasive Species Compendium. CABI. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.