M.S.V. CHALAM1* AND P. SEETHA RAMU2

1Department of Entomology, S VAgricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, Chittoor Dt., 2Agricultural College, Naira, ANGRAU, Srikakakulum Dt., Andhra Pradesh

ABSTRACT

A check list of leafhopper fauna associated with different crop-ecosystems in Andhra Pradesh was prepared. A total of 116 species belonging to 44 genera and 21 tribes were identified from Andhra Pradesh. The tribes viz., Deltocephalini, Empoascini and Erythroneurini were found to be the dominant tribes including 47 species among the described list. The genus Maiestas was found to be the most predominant genus including 22 species. Among the leafhopper fauna, Austrogallia bifurcata Sawaisingh and Gill, Exitianus indicus (Distant), E. nanus (Distant), N. virescens (Distant), M. vulgaris Dash and Viraktamath, M. dorsalis Motschulsky, M. subviridis (Metcalf), Amrasca devastans (Distant), Emopasca (Empoasca) kerri Pruthi , E. (E.) motti Pruthi, E. (E.) spirosa Dworakowska and Viraktamath, E. maculifrons (Motschulsky), Seriana jaina (Distant), Hecalus ghaurii Ramasubba Rao and Ramakrishnan, H. porrectus (Walker), H. prasinus (Matsumura), Balclutha incisa (Matsumura), B. saltuella (Kirschbaum), Cicadulina (Cicadulina) bipunctata (Melichar), Hishimonus phycitis (Distant), Doratulina rubrolineata (Distant) and D. rotundus (Pruthi) were predominant and found to be associated with a number of crop-ecosystemsA list of these leafhoppers and associated crop- ecosystems / source was provided.

KEY WORDS: Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Leafhoppers.