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Sugarcane delphacid

Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy, 1903

Status not recordedinsects

The sugarcane delphacid (Perkinsiella saccharicida) is a species in the family Delphacidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 23 countries, including Brazil, Colombia and Comoros.

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Quick facts about the sugarcane delphacid

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
23 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the sugarcane delphacid 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 sugarcane delphacid is listed for 23 countries.

FijiPapua New GuineaIndonesiaSouth AfricaBrazilPeruColombiaCosta RicaGuatemalaVenezuelaEcuadorCubaGuineaeSwatiniMadagascarThailandVietnamTaiwanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil
  2. Colombia
  3. Comoros
  4. Costa Rica
  5. Cuba
  6. Ecuador
  7. Eswatini
  8. Fiji
  9. Georgia
  10. Guatemala
  11. Guinea
  12. Indonesia
  13. Madagascar
  14. Malaysia
  15. Mauritius
  16. Papua New Guinea
  17. Peru
  18. Philippines
  19. South Africa
  20. Taiwan
  21. Thailand
  22. Venezuela
  23. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the sugarcane delphacid 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 sugarcane delphacid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDelphacidae
  6. genusPerkinsiella
  7. SpeciesPerkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy, 1903

Synonyms Perkinsiella saccaricida, Perkinsiella saccharacida, Perkinsiella saccharida, Perkinsiella sacharicida

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Australian sugarcane planthopperEnglish
  • Sugarcane planthopperEnglish
  • Kurofu-tsunounkaJapanese
  • クロフツノウンカJapanese
  • サトウノウシウンカJapanese
  • Sato-no-ushiunkaJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sugarcane delphacid

Other species in the same genus Perkinsiella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the sugarcane delphacid live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the sugarcane delphacid for 23 countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica and Cuba. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the sugarcane delphacid?

The sugarcane delphacid (Perkinsiella saccharicida) belongs to the family Delphacidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sugarcane delphacid (Perkinsiella saccharicida). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sugarcane-delphacid

MLA

“Sugarcane delphacid (Perkinsiella saccharicida).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sugarcane-delphacid.

BibTeX
@misc{sugarcane_delphacid_2026,
  title = {Sugarcane delphacid (Perkinsiella saccharicida)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sugarcane-delphacid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}