Ommatissus lybicus[1][2] is a species of planthoppers in the subfamily Tropiduchinae, recorded from Libya through the Middle East to Pakistan.

Ommatissus lybicus
Ommatissus lybicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Tropiduchidae
Genus: Ommatissus
Species:
O. lybicus
Binomial name
Ommatissus lybicus
de Bergevin, 1930
O. lybicus eggs on date palm.

Pest status

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Sooty mould, nymph and larval cuticle of O. lybicus - taken on date palm in Oman

Ommatissus lybicus may be known as the dubas bug or date palm hopper and is a significant pest of date palms: with sap sucking resulting in sooty mould formation on leaves.[3]

References

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  1. ^ de Bergevin E (1930) Note sur trois espèces d'hémiptères recueillis en Egypte et description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Urentius (hémiptère Tingitidae) et d'une nouvelle variété d'Ommatissus binotatus Fieb. (homoptère Cixiidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte. Le Caire: 17-20.
  2. ^ Asche M, Wilson MR (1989) The palm-feeding planthopper genus Ommatissus (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae), Systematic Entomology, 14: 127-147.
  3. ^ Bagheri A, Fathipour Y, Seyahooei MA, Zeinalabedini M (2018) Ommatissus lybicus (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae), an economically important pest of date palm (Arecaceae) with highly divergent populations. The Canadian Entomologist 150(3):378-392. (DOI: 10.4039/tce.2018.12)
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