Pyrilla perpusilla (sugarcane planthopper)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Pyrilla perpusilla Walker
Preferred Common Name
- sugarcane planthopper
Other Scientific Names
- Dictyoptera pallida Stebbing (1903)
- Fulgora pallida Donovan (1800)
- Pyrops perpusilla
- Zamila perpusilla Walker (1851)
International Common Names
- English: Indian sugarcane Pyrilla; planthopper of sugarcane
- Spanish: cicadela de la caña de azúcar
- French: fulgoride de la canne à sucre
Local Common Names
- Germany: Zikade, Indische Zuckerrohr-
- India: Indian sugarcane planthopper; sugarcane Pyrilla
- Sri Lanka: Pyrilla leafhopper; sugarcane planthopper
EPPO code
- PYRLPE (Pyrilla perpusilla)
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Metazoa
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Uniramia
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
- Unknown: Fulgoroidea
- Family: Lophopidae
- Genus: Pyrilla
- Species: Pyrilla perpusilla
Distribution Table
Top of pageThe distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.
Last updated: 12 May 2022Continent/Country/Region | Distribution | Last Reported | Origin | First Reported | Invasive | Reference | Notes |
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Asia |
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Afghanistan | Present | ||||||
Bangladesh | Present, Widespread | ||||||
Cambodia | Present | ||||||
China | Present | ||||||
India | Present | ||||||
-Andhra Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Assam | Present | ||||||
-Bihar | Present | ||||||
-Delhi | Present | ||||||
-Gujarat | Present, Localized | ||||||
-Haryana | Present, Widespread | ||||||
-Karnataka | Present | ||||||
-Kerala | Present | ||||||
-Madhya Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-Maharashtra | Present | ||||||
-Odisha | Present | ||||||
-Punjab | Present | ||||||
-Rajasthan | Present, Widespread | ||||||
-Tamil Nadu | Present | ||||||
-Uttar Pradesh | Present | ||||||
-West Bengal | Present | ||||||
Indonesia | Present | ||||||
Laos | Present | ||||||
Myanmar | Present | ||||||
Nepal | Present | ||||||
Pakistan | Present | ||||||
Sri Lanka | Present | ||||||
Thailand | Present | ||||||
Vietnam | Present |
List of Symptoms/Signs
Top of pageSign | Life Stages | Type |
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Leaves / abnormal colours | ||
Leaves / honeydew or sooty mould | ||
Leaves / wilting | ||
Leaves / yellowed or dead |
Natural enemies
Top of pageNatural enemy | Type | Life stages | Specificity | References | Biological control in | Biological control on |
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Absidia corymbifera | Pathogen | Adults; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Agonatopoides pyrillae | Parasite | Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Anegleis cardoni | Predator | Eggs; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Aprostocetus gala | Parasite | Eggs | ||||
Aspergillus flavus | Antagonist | |||||
Brinckochrysa scelestes | Predator | India | sugarcane | |||
Brumoides suturalis | Predator | Eggs; Arthropods|Nymphs | India | sugarcane | ||
Cheilomenes sexmaculata | Predator | Eggs; Arthropods|Nymphs | India | |||
Cheiloneurus pyrillae | Parasite | Eggs | India; Delhi; Uttar Pradesh; Haryana; Punjab | sugarcane | ||
Clubiona drassodes | Predator | India | sugarcane | |||
Coccinella septempunctata | Predator | Eggs | India | sugarcane | ||
Coccinella undecimpunctata | Predator | Eggs | India; Punjab | sugarcane | ||
Coniopteryx exigua | Predator | India; Bihar; Uttar Pradesh | sugarcane | |||
Coniopteryx pusana | Predator | Eggs | ||||
Crematogaster walshi | Predator | India | sugarcane | |||
Dryinus indicus | Parasite | India; Bihar; Punjab | sugarcane | |||
Dryinus pyrillae | Parasite | |||||
Entomophthora | Pathogen | Adults; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Epiricania melanoleuca | Parasite | Adults; Arthropods|Nymphs | India; India; Delhi; Punjab; Haryana; Himachal Pradesh; Uttar; India; Haryana; Karnataka; Pakistan | sugarcane | ||
Fusarium | Pathogen | Adults; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Halictophagus compactus | Parasite | Adults; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Hirsutella citriformis | Pathogen | Adults; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Menemerus bivittatus | Predator | Bangladesh | sugarcane | |||
Metarhizium anisopliae | Pathogen | Adults; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Micraspis allardi | Predator | Eggs | ||||
Nimboa basipunctata | Predator | Eggs; Arthropods|Nymphs | ||||
Ooencyrtus manii | Parasite | Delhi | sugarcane | |||
Ooencyrtus papilionis | Parasite | India; India; Haryana | sugarcane | |||
Ooencyrtus pyrillae | Parasite | Eggs | India | sugarcane | ||
Parachrysocharis javensis | Parasite | Eggs | India; Pakistan | |||
Platygaster | Parasite | Eggs | ||||
Platygomphus dolobratus | Predator | India | sugarcane | |||
Plexippus paykullii | Predator | Bangladesh | sugarcane | |||
Proleuroceroides pyrillae | Parasite | Eggs | India; Maharashtra | sugarcane | ||
Propylea fallax | Predator | Bangladesh | sugarcane | |||
Pseudogonatopus pyrillae | Parasite | India; Uttar Pradesh | sugarcane | |||
Rhopus fullawayi | Parasite | |||||
Richardsidryinus pyrillae | Parasite | Arthropods|Nymphs |
References
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Kumarasinghe NC; Ranasinghe MASK, 1988. Effect of environmental factors on populations of the sugarcane leaf hopper Pyrilla perpusilla singhalensis. In: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Session of the Sri Lanka Association of Advancement of Science, 1988, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka: 70.
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Distribution References
Avasthy PN, 1973. Leaf hopper (Pyrilla perpusilla Walker) of sugarcane. In: Indian Sugar, 23 11-14.
Box H E, 1953. List of sugar-cane Insects. London, UK: Commonwealth Institute of Entomology.
CABI, Undated. Compendium record. Wallingford, UK: CABI
CABI, Undated a. CABI Compendium: Status as determined by CABI editor. Wallingford, UK: CABI
Hamid A, Mohyuddin I, Mohammad A, 1986. Present status of biological control of sugarcane Pyrilla perpusilla (Walk.) in the NWFP. [Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Convention of Pakistan Society for Sugar Technologists, Peshawar, Pakistan, 19-21 Sept 1986], 279-288.
Kumarasinghe NC, Ranasinghe MASK, 1988. Effect of environmental factors on populations of the sugarcane leaf hopper Pyrilla perpusilla singhalensis. [Proceedings of the 44th Annual Session of the Sri Lanka Association of Advancement of Science, 1988, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka], 70.
Mogal BH, Rajput SG, Mali AR, 1983. Effect of relative humidity on hatching of sugarcane Pyrilla (Pyrilla perpusilla perpusilla Walker) eggs. In: Indian Sugar, 32 773-774.
Mohyuddin I, Hamid A, 1987. Effect of post harvest burning of sugarcane trash on the incidence of Tetrastichus pyrillae (Crawford.) an egg parasitoid of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walk.) in Sind. [Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Convention of Pakistan Society of Sugar Technologists, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 25-27 July, 1987], 292-306.
Varma A, 1986. The Pyrilla, Pyrilla perpusilla Walker. In: Sugarcane Entomology in India, [ed. by David H, Easwaramoorthy S, Jayanthi R]. Coimbatore, India: Sugarcane Breeding Institute. 277-295.
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