| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Authors: | M. S. V. Chalam, V. Rao R. Subba |
| Journal: | Pest Management and Economic Zoology |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Date Published: | December 2005 |
| Keywords: | Andhra Pradesh, checklist & identification guide, checklists, Cicadellidae, comprehensive account of crop, comprehensive account of graminaceous crop, cultivated land habitat, fauna, food plants, graminaceous crop habitat, graminaceous crop-associated species, graminaceous crops, Key to species |
| Abstract: | The leafhoppers associated with graminaceous crops, viz., rice (Oryza sativa L.), sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.), maize (Zea mays L.), finger millet ('ragi'; Eleusine coracana (L.)), pearl millet ('bajra'; Pennisetum typhoides S. & H.), proso millet ('variga'; Panicum miliaceum L.) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) from different areas of Andhra Pradesh were collected and identified. In all, 37 species belonging to 17 genera were identified from different graminaceous ecosystems. An illustrated key for identifying these species has been provided. |