White-backed planthopper
Sogatella furcifera (Horváth, 1899)
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The white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera) is a species in the family Delphacidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 39 countries, including Bangladesh, Bermuda and Brazil.
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Quick facts about the white-backed 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
- 39 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the white-backed 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 white-backed planthopper is listed for 39 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Bangladesh
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Cuba
- Egypt
- Fiji
- Guam
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Japan
- Kenya
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
Is the white-backed 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 white-backed planthopper classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyDelphacidae
- genusSogatella
- SpeciesSogatella furcifera (Horváth, 1899)
Synonyms Chloriona furcifera, Chloriona kyusyuensis, Delphacodes furcifer, Delphax furcifera, Delphax fuscifera, Delphax nigrigenis, Kirbyana furcifera, Liburnia furcifera, Megamelus furcifer, Sogata distincta, Sogata furcifera furcifera, Sogata kyusyuensis, Sogata pallescens, Sogata tandojamensis, Sogatella furcifera distincta, Sogatella furcifera pallescens, Sogota fulcifera
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- White-backed planthopper (WBPH)English
- Wereng Batang Punggung PutihIndonesian
- セジロウンカJapanese
- 흰등멸구Korean
- Puting ngusong kabayoFilipino
- 白背飛虱、白背飛蝨、白背跳仔Chinese
- Kabairo-yokobaiJapanese
- Sejiro-unkaJapanese
Relatives of the white-backed planthopper
Other species in the same genus Sogatella.
CompareWhite-backed planthopper vs Sogatella albofimbriataWhite-backed planthopper vs Sogatella camptistylisWhite-backed planthopper vs Sogatella capensisWhite-backed planthopper vs Sogatella colorata
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the white-backed planthopper live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the white-backed planthopper for 39 countries, including Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brazil, Cambodia and Cuba. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the white-backed planthopper?
The white-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera) belongs to the family Delphacidae in the order Hemiptera.
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