LEAFHOPPERS

 Belongs to Cicadellidae family. Some species of leafhoppers feed on only

several closely related plant species, while others feed and move among many
different plant species.

Life cycle

 Leafhoppers develop through 3 life stages: egg, nymph, and adult

HOST PLANT

 Leafhoppers can be injurious to many vegetable crops, including beans, carrot,

celery, eggplant, let- tuce, parsnip, parsley, potato, rhubarb, and others.
 Almost ornamental plants

DAMAGE SYMPTOMS

 Affected leaves become yellow, crinckled around the margin and show upward
curling. Leaf tips and margins become necrotic. Severely infested leaves may
become bronzed and show burn-like appearance, plants may become stunted.

DAMAGING LIFESTAGE

 Egg, Nymph and adult

WHEN AND WHERE TO SCOUT

 Deserts, grasslands, wetlands and forests

 They are usually found feeding on the above-ground stems or leaves of plants.

MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

1. BIO-CONTROL MEASURES
a. Natural Enemies

b. BOTANICAL PESTICIDES

2. CULTURAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROL MEASURES

Tillage, mulching, hand weeding and hoeing, pruning, trapping and hand picking of
insects and weeds, and the use of physical barriers such as row covers and sticky bands.

3. CHEMICAL CONTROL MEASURES

Full and half recommended rates of 3 common insecticides (cypermethrin,
monocrotophos and BPMC [fenobucarb]) were tested against the green leafhopper
[Nephotettix virescens] in a field trial in the Philippines and their effect on the incidence of
tungro virus was determined.

WHEN TO CONSIDER TREATMENT

 Rice fields infested by GLH can have tungro, yellow dwarf, yellow-orange leaf, and
transitory yellowing diseases.
 Tungro infected crops may sometimes be confused with nitrogen deficiency or iron
toxicity or acid soils. To confirm the cause of the problem, check for virus infected
plants in the fields, and the presence of the insect