Mahanarva (Mahanarva) liturata (Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1825)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Other distribution
Brazil: Northeast (Alagoas, Bahia, Pernambuco, Sergipe), Southeast (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul) (Metcalf, 1961).
- Cercopis liturata Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1825
- Sphenorhina liturata Lallemand, 1912
Until now, this species is only mentioned for Argentina, according to Metcalf (1961). Mahanarva, one of the most economically important genera, includes many pests of sugar cane and pastures, such as M. liturata, M. spectabilis and M. fimbriolata (Paladin & Cavichioli 2014).
Brachiaria sp.
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach
- METCALF Z.P. 1961. General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VII. Cercopoidea, parte 2, Cercopidae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh (United States of America): 607 pp.
- PALADIN A. & CAVICHIOLI R.R. 2014. Taxonomic notes on Mahanarva (Ipiranga) (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa (5), 479-486.
- TOLOTTI A., DE AZEVEDO FILHO W.S., VALIATI V.H., CARVALHO G.S. & VALÉRIO J.R. 2018. Cigarrinhas-das-pastagens em gramíneas forrageiras no Brasil. Porto Alegre: Evangraf (51), 120pp.
