Maiestas dorsalis

Maiestas dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Genus:	Maiestas
Species:	M. dorsalis
Binomial name
	Maiestas dorsalis; Motschulsky, 1859
Synonyms
	Deltocephalus dorsalis Motschulsky, 1859; Deltocephalus fulguralis Matsumura, 1902; Inazuma dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859); Recilia dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859); Thamnotettix dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859); Thamnotettix storratus Ikuma, 1903; Togacephalus dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859);

Maiestas dorsalis is a species of bug from the Cicadellidae family that may be called the "zig-zag leafhopper" and is a rice pest. It can be found in India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Borneo island, Taiwan, and Henan, province of China.^[2] It was formerly placed within Recilia and much of the rice pest information is under R. dorsalis, but a 2009 revision moved it to Maiestas.^[3]