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TUBER VEGETABLES ::MINOR PESTS:: SWEET POTATO HOPPER

 


 

 

Sweet potato hopper: Exitianus indicus (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera)
      Both nymphs and adults suck sap from leaves and tender shoots, but damage caused is negligible. Adults are active, slender, white leaf hoppers with head, thorax and scutellum greenish in colour.