Amrasca

Amrasca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Typhlocybinae
Tribe: Empoascini
Genus: Amrasca
Ghauri, 1967
Type species
Amrasca splendens
Ghauri, 1967

Amrasca is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Cicadellidae. The genus is placed in the subfamily Typhlocybinae. There are about 14 species in the genus in the Indomalayan and Australasian Realms. The genus is characterized by venation characteristics in the forewing. Several species are of economic importance as they feed on crops like cotton, okra, jute and

Species in the genus include:

Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Hainan, Taiwan), Japan, Oriental region, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Micronesia

References

  1. 1 2 "Amrasca Ghauri, 1967". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 August 2024.