Pyrilla perpusilla

Pyrilla perpusilla
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Lophopidae
Genus: Pyrilla
Species:
P. perpusilla
Binomial name
Pyrilla perpusilla
(Walker, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Dictyoptera pallida Stebbing (1903)
  • Fulgora pallida Donovan (1800)
  • Pyrops perpusilla
  • Zamila perpusilla Walker (1851)

Pyrilla perpusilla, commonly known as the sugarcane planthopper, is a planthopper in the family Lophopidae. It is native to Asia where it feeds on grasses and other plants and is a major pest of sugarcane and sorghum.