Typhlocybine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) associated with horticultural crops in Sri Lanka.
Gnaneswaran R., Viraktamath C. A., Hemachandra K. S., Ahangama D., Wijayagunasekara H. N. P., Wahundeniya I.
Author Affiliation: Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Tropical Agricultural Research 20 : 1-11
Abstract : Typhlocybine leafhoppers associated with horticultural crops were recorded in various ecological regions in Sri Lanka. Six species of four genera namely Motschulskyia (Togaritettix) serratus (Matsumura) 1931; Amrasca splendens Ghauri 1967; Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) 1913; Empoasca (Empoasca) triangularis Dworakowska 1994 and Empoasca sp. and Kamaza sadakorni Dworakowska 1993 were found to breed on the following horticultural crops: mango (Mangifera indica), rambuttan (Nephelium lappaceum L.), avocado (Persea americana Mill.), okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.), brinjal (Solanum melongena L.), bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), long bean (Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc.), carrot (Daucus carota L.), beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) and wing bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) D.C). Diagnostic features of these leafhopper species along with the host plants and distribution data are given. Host records of E. (E.) triangularis is given for the first time and three out of the above six species namely M. (T.) serratus, K. sadakorni and Empoasca sp. are reported for the first time in Sri Lanka.