Subfamily/Tribe: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini 

Distribution: Qld, widely distributed in the Oriental region from India eastwards. 

Economic Status: A vector of rice dwarf phytoreovirus (Takata 1895), rice gall dwarf phytoreovirus (Brunt et al. 1990) and rice orange leaf phytoplasma (Rivera et al. 1963) in Asia. Its hosts include rice, barley, wheat, sugarcane and citrus (Nielson 1968). 

Notes: The dark zig zag pattern down each tegmen is characteristic of the species 
 
 

Document 04448, submitted 13 January 1999
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