Eumetopina flavipes, the island sugarcane planthopper, is a species of
planthopperA planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha within the Hemiptera. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment and from the fact that they often "hop" for quick transportation in a similar way to that of grasshoppers. However,...
present throughout South-East Asia.
E. flavipes is a vector for Ramu stunt disease, a plant disease which affects sugarcane. Ramu stunt disease is widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but has not been detected in Australia.
Eumetopina is thought to have evolved in Papua New Guinea, where up to four undescribed species have been collected, but many more may be present.
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Eumetopina flavipes, the island sugarcane planthopper, is a species of
planthopperA planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha within the Hemiptera. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment and from the fact that they often "hop" for quick transportation in a similar way to that of grasshoppers. However,...
present throughout South-East Asia.
E. flavipes is a vector for Ramu stunt disease, a plant disease which affects sugarcane. Ramu stunt disease is widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but has not been detected in Australia.
Eumetopina is thought to have evolved in Papua New Guinea, where up to four undescribed species have been collected, but many more may be present. In PNG,
E. flavipes occurs on
Saccharum officinarum,
S. robustum,
S. edule and
Saccharum hybrids sugarcane. Virus-free populations of
E. flavipes are present on
Saccharum hybrids and
S. officinarum on many islands in the Torres Strait, and a number of small populations persist on the northern peninsula area of Cape York - the very tip of Queensland, mainland Australia.
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