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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.

FijiTanzaniaIndonesiaKenyaSouth AfricaBrazilPanamaPuerto RicoCubaNigeriaVanuatuCambodiaThailandLaosMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaBangladeshNepalPakistanIranSri LankaTaiwanPhilippinesMalaysiaJapanSaudi ArabiaEgyptUgandaTrinidad and Tobago
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Bangladesh
  2. Bermuda
  3. Brazil
  4. Cambodia
  5. Cuba
  6. Egypt
  7. Fiji
  8. Guam
  9. Hong Kong SAR China
  10. Indonesia
  11. Iran
  12. Japan
  13. Kenya
  14. Laos
  15. Malaysia
  16. Marshall Islands
  17. Micronesia
  18. Mongolia
  19. Myanmar (Burma)
  20. Nepal
  21. Nigeria
  22. North Korea
  23. Pakistan
  24. Palau
  25. Panama
  26. Philippines
  27. Puerto Rico
  28. Saudi Arabia
  29. Seychelles
  30. South Africa
  31. South Korea
  32. Sri Lanka
  33. Taiwan
  34. Tanzania
  35. Thailand
  36. Trinidad & Tobago
  37. Uganda
  38. Vanuatu
  39. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

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?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDelphacidae
  6. genusSogatella
  7. 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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the white-backed planthopper

Other species in the same genus Sogatella.

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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.

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). White-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-backed-planthopper

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BibTeX
@misc{white_backed_planthopper_2026,
  title = {White-backed planthopper (Sogatella furcifera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-backed-planthopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}