The damage caused by this leafhopper consists of chlorotic areas aligned in a zigzag pattern on both leaf epidermises, resulting from the loss of chloroplasts from the mesophyll cells and the parenchyma sheath surrounding the vascular bundle, as well as a morphological alteration of those present in the sheath. Salivary deposits were also observed, particularly associated with the phloem. T. maidica, like the other typhlocybins, feeds mainly on the contents of mesophyll cells, using a feeding strategy known as "cell-rupturing" (Brentassi et al. 2010).

Maize (Zea mays L.), sorghum (Sorghum vulgare L.), and crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis (L.)) (Brentassi et al. 2010)