Ommatissus lybicus
Species of insect
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Ommatissus lybicus[1][2] is a species of planthoppers in the subfamily Tropiduchinae, recorded from Libya through the Middle East to Pakistan.
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| Ommatissus lybicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Tropiduchidae |
| Genus: | Ommatissus |
| Species: | O. lybicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ommatissus lybicus de Bergevin, 1930 | |
Pest status
Ommatissus lybicus may be known as the dubas bug or date palm hopper and is a significant pest of date palms: with sap sucking resulting in sooty mould formation on leaves.[3]
