On A New Species of the Genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Reported on Grapevine Vitis vinifera L.

Chandani Kamble; Prof. Dr. Tukaram Vitthalrao Sathe

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2015

On A New Species of the Genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Reported on Grapevine Vitis vinifera L.

Chandani Kamble, Prof. Dr. Tukaram Vitthalrao Sathe

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jassids (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) have tremendous economic importance since they cause damage to many agricultural, horticultural and forest crops by sucking cell sap, causing sooty moulds and affecting growth and yield. Therefore, a new species Scaphoideus indica sp.n (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) has been described for the first time. This species runs close to S. insignis Distant (Praveen et al., 2014) by having 1) General appearance 2) Intermediate and posterior tibiae spotted with black However, it differs from above species by having following characters: 1. Head, pronotum and scutellum not uniformly light own. Lateral transverse area ownish and mid portion whitish. 2. No small marginal spot on vertex. 3. Body beneath the legs not pale ocheraceous. 4. Antennal formula.&lt;/p&gt;</p>