Citation:

Homoptera pests. Pages 127-195. In: Dennis S Hill. 1975. Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and their Control. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England UK, 516 pages.

Keywords: Sugarcane spittlebug Tomaspis, cotton jassid Empoasca, green rice leafhopper Nephotettix nigropictus, maize leafhopper Cicadulina mbila, zigzag winged leafhopper Recilia (=Inazuma) dorsalis, groundnut hopper Hilda patruelis, sugarcane planthopper Perkinsiella saccharicida, whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera, small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatella, Indian sugarcane leafhopper Pyrilla perpusilla, citrus psyllid Trioza erytreae, tobacco whitefly Bemisia tabaci, citrus whitefly Dialurodes citri, citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi, citrus aphids Toxoptera aurantii, T citricidus, potato aphid Aulacorthum solani, pea aphid Acyrthosiphum pisum, cabbage aphid

Brevicoryne brassicae, maize aphid Rhopalosiphum maidis, wheat aphid Schizaphis graminum, bean aphid Aphis fabae, cotton aphid Aphis gossypii, groundnut aphid Aphis craccivora, peach-potato aphid Myzus peersicae, banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa, wolly apple aphid Eriosoma lanigerum, cottony cushion scale Icerya purchasi, Jacaranda bug Orthezia insignis, pink sugarcane mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari, Kenya mealybug Planococcus kenyae, citrus mealybug Planococcus citri, pineapple mealybug Dysmicoccus brevipes, long-tailed mealybug Pseudo coccus adonidum, striped mealybug Ferrisia virgata, white waxy scale Gascardia brevicauda, white waxy scale Gascardia destructor, pink waxy scale Ceroplastes rubens, soft green scale Coccus viridis, soft green scale Coccus alpinus, helmet scale Saissetia coffeae, black scale Saissetia oleae, California red scale Aonidiella aurantii, coconut scale Aspidiotus destructor, San Jose scale Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, cassava scale Aonidomytilus albus, mussel scale Lepidosaphes beckii, black line scale Ischnaspis longirostris, purple scale Chrysomphalus aonidum, star scale Asterolecanium cofffeae, Sugarcane scale Aulacaspis tegalensis