Planthopper Fauna Associated With Rice Crop-ecosystems From Costal Andhra Pradesh Volume-3-Issue-2 K. SIVA HARI BRAHMA AND M.S.V. CHALAM* Planthopper Fauna Associated With Rice Crop-ecosystems From Costal Andhra Pradesh 1 Co-ordinator, DAATTC, Eluru, West Godavari Dist. , . 1 2Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute , School of Life Science and Technology , Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) , Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) , Jalan Ganesha No. 10 Bandung , Nonthaburi , 11000 , Thailand . 10.22207/JPAM.12.2.01 Volume 1 Issue 1 Abstract

Fourteen planthopper species viz., Nilaparvata lugens (Stal); Sogatella furcifera (Horvath); S. kolophon (Kirkaldy); S. vibix (Haupt); Cemus sp; Coronacella sinhalana (Kirkaldy); Euidella sp.; Harmalia anacharsis (Fennah); Sardia rostrata (Melichar); Terthron albovittatum (Matsumura); Tagosodes pusanus (Distant); Oliarus sp.; Nisia nervosa (Motschulsky); and Toya propinqua (Fieber) were collected, identified and described. An illustrated key along with key taxonomic characters were provided for easy identification of the planthoppers associated with rice crop eco-systems from coastal Andhra Pradesh

Keywords Hemiptera, Delphacidae, planthoppers, rice crop eco-system References