Kingdom Animalia Order Hemiptera Infraorder Cicadomorpha Scientific name Cicadulina Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Suborder Auchenorrhyncha Superfamily Membracoidea Higher classification Macrostelini | |
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Similar Leafhopper, Maize streak virus, Insect, True bugs, Deltocephalinae | ||
Cicadulina is a leafhopper genus in the tribe Macrostelini.
Cicadulina species are vectors of the maize streak virus, a disease which is a sporadic but severe in sub-Saharan Africa. The cause is a geminivirus which is persistently transmitted by Cicadulina leafhoppers. The disease is also transmitted to Urochloa panicoides, a fodder grass originating in Southern Africa.
The maize orange leafhopper Cicadulina bipunctata has been reported to induce gall-like structures on maize in Japan
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