Nephotettix cincticeps

Nephotettix cincticeps, the rice green leafhopper, is a species of true bug in the family Cicadellidae. It is a vector of virus diseases in rice and also a pest of barnyard millet.^[1] It is a key insect vector transmitting rice dwarf virus (RDV) that causes rice dwarf disease.^[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Hemiptera

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Nephotettix cincticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Genus:	Nephotettix
Species:	N. cincticeps
Binomial name
Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler, 1896
Synonyms
Nephotettix apicalis subsp. cincticeps (Uhler, 1896) Nephotettix bipunctatus subsp. cincticeps (Uhler, 1896) Paramesus cincticeps (Uhler, 1896) Selenocephalus cincticeps Uhler, 1896

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