Pyrilla Explained

Pyrilla^[1] is a genus of bugs in the subfamily Lophopinae and tribe Lophopini.

Species are distributed in Asia: eastwards from Pakistan to Borneo.^[2] Pyrilla perpusilla, also known as the 'sugarcane planthopper', is a significant pest of sugarcane.

Species

Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web lists the following:^[2]

• Pyrilla aberrans (Kirby, 1891)
• Pyrilla lycoides (Walker, 1862)
• Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker, 1851)
• Pyrilla protuberans Stål, 1859 – type species
• Pyrilla punjabensis Shakila, 1984
• Pyrilla rahimyarensis Shakila, 1984
• Pyrilla sinica Liang, 1997
• Pyrilla sumatrensis Baker, 1925

Notes and References

1. Stål C (1859) Novae quaedam Fulgorinorum formae speciesque insigniores. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin 3: 313-327 [326].
2. https://www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=genus&id=319 Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Pyrilla Stål, 1859 (retrieved 11 December 2019)