Reporting of Two Planthoppers and Six Leafhopper Species in Feni and Noakhali District of Bangladesh

Abstract

The present field experiment was conducted on the rice field of Feni and Noakhali district in Bangladesh to study on leafhopper and planthopper (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) morphologically during the period from February 2021 to November 2021. Samples were collected with the help of a sweeping net where five sweeps were done at different positions with three replications at each. Primarily the samples were prepared and studied under the laboratory of the Department of Agriculture, NSTU. A taxonomic study revealed four genera with six leafhoppers species namely Nephotettix nigropictus, Nephotettix virescens, Nephotettix cincticeps, Coelidia brevis, Maiestas dorsalis and Cofana spectra were recorded along with two planthoppers species from two genera viz. Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera. Among the leafhoppers, N. nigropictus and N. virescens had upper hand in Noakhali while C. brevis and M. dorsalis were dominant in Feni. The other leafhoppers were low in number and not many distinctions existed there. In the case of planthoppers, the availability of Nilaparvata lugens in Feni was outnumbered as compared to Noakhali district.