Pyrilla
Genus of true bugs
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Pyrilla[1] is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Lophopinae and tribe Lophopini.
| Pyrilla | |
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| Pyrilla sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Lophopidae |
| Subfamily: | Lophopinae |
| Tribe: | Lophopini |
| Genus: | Pyrilla Stål, 1859 |
Species are distributed in Asia: eastwards from Pakistan to Borneo.[2] Pyrilla perpusilla, also known as the 'sugarcane planthopper', is a significant pest of sugarcane.
Species
Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web lists the following:[2]
- Pyrilla aberrans (Kirby, 1891)
- Pyrilla lycoides (Walker, 1862)
- Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker, 1851)
- Pyrilla protuberans Stål, 1859 – type species
- Pyrilla punjabensis Shakila, 1984
- Pyrilla rahimyarensis Shakila, 1984
- Pyrilla sinica Liang, 1997
- Pyrilla sumatrensis Baker, 1925
