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Small brown planthopper

Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén, 1826)

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The small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus) is a species in the family Delphacidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 57 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania and Algeria.

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Quick facts about the small brown planthopper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
57 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the small brown planthopper live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The small brown planthopper is listed for 57 countries.

UzbekistanPapua New GuineaIndonesiaIsraelLebanonPalestineTunisiaAlgeriaIraqNorth KoreaSouth KoreaBangladeshAfghanistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsIrelandTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaBosnia and Herz.MacedoniaSerbia
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Albania
  3. Algeria
  4. Armenia
  5. Austria
  6. Azerbaijan
  7. Bangladesh
  8. Belarus
  9. Belgium
  10. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  11. Bulgaria
  12. Croatia
  13. Czechia
  14. Denmark
  15. Estonia
  16. Finland
  17. Georgia
  18. Germany
  19. Greece
  20. Hungary
  21. Indonesia
  22. Iran
  23. Iraq
  24. Ireland
  25. Israel
  26. Italy
  27. Kyrgyzstan
  28. Latvia
  29. Lebanon
  30. Lithuania
  31. Luxembourg
  32. Marshall Islands
  33. Micronesia
  34. Moldova
  35. Netherlands
  36. North Korea
  37. North Macedonia
  38. Palau
  39. Palestinian Territories
  40. Papua New Guinea
Show 17 more countries
  1. Philippines
  2. Poland
  3. Romania
  4. Serbia
  5. Slovakia
  6. Slovenia
  7. South Korea
  8. Sweden
  9. Switzerland
  10. Taiwan
  11. Tajikistan
  12. Tunisia
  13. Türkiye
  14. Turkmenistan
  15. Ukraine
  16. United Kingdom
  17. Uzbekistan

Is the small brown planthopper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the small brown planthopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDelphacidae
  6. genusLaodelphax
  7. SpeciesLaodelphax striatellus (Fallén, 1826)

Synonyms Achorotile striatella, Callidelphax striatella, Calligypona gudruna, Calligypona striatella, Calligypona urceolata, Delphacodes akashiensis, Delphacodes giffuensis, Delphacodes maikoensis, Delphacodes minoensis, Delphacodes nipponicus, Delphacodes striatell, Delphacodes striatellus striatellus, Delphacodes striatellus var. reyana, Delphax akashiensis, Delphax giffuensis, Delphax maikoensis, Delphax minoensis, Delphax nipponicus, Delphax striatella, Delphax striatellus, Delphax striatellus striatellus, Delphax striatellus var. dorsalis, Delphax striatellus var. fimbriata, Kirbyana striatella, Laodelphax striatella, Laodelphax truncata, Liburnia akashiensis, Liburnia devastans, Liburnia giffuensis, Liburnia haupti, Liburnia maikoensis, Liburnia minoensis, Liburnia minomensis, Liburnia minonensis, Liburnia nipponica, Liburnia niveopicta, Liburnia striatella, Liburnia striatella striatella, Liburnia striatella var. lateralis

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Smaller grown planthopperEnglish
  • GetreidezikadeGerman
  • petit fulgoride brunFrench
  • cicaletta scansanteItalian
  • ヒメトビウンカJapanese
  • 애멸구Korean
  • WanderspornzikadeGerman
  • cicadelle brune mineureFrench
  • Hime-tobi-unkaJapanese
  • himetobi-unkaJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the small brown planthopper

Other species in the same family Delphacidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the small brown planthopper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the small brown planthopper for 57 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia and Austria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the small brown planthopper?

The small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus) belongs to the family Delphacidae in the order Hemiptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-brown-planthopper

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BibTeX
@misc{small_brown_planthopper_2026,
  title = {Small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-brown-planthopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}