S. NAGESH#, M. S. V. CHALAM, S. R. KOTESWARA RAO AND B. RAVINDRA REDDY

Dept. Of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati – 517502. Chittoor (District), Andhra Pradesh

ABSTRACT

In finger millet crop ecosystem thirteen leafhopper species viz., Balclutha incisa (Kirschbaum), Balclutha saltuella (Kirschbaum), Balclutha thea (Kirschbaum), Batracomorphus angustatus (Osborn), Chiasmus alata (Pruthi), Cicadulina bipunctata (Melichar), Cofona spectra (Distant), Doratulina speciosum (Distant), Empoascanara indica (Datta), Exitianus indicus (Distant), Maiestas acuminatus (Dash and Viraktamath), Maiestas dorsalis (Motschulsky) and Maiestas vulgaris (Dash and Viraktamath) were collected, identified and described. An illustrated key along with key taxonomic characters were provided for easy identification of the leafhoppers associated with finger millet crop eco-systems from Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.