Jacobiasca formosana

Jacobiasca formosana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Empoasca
Species:
E. onukii
Binomial name
Empoasca onukii
(Matsuda)
Jacobiasca formosana
Chinese茶小綠葉蟬
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinchá xiǎo lǜ yèchán
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese小綠浮塵子
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiǎo lǜ fúchénzi
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese浮塵仔
Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJphû-tîn-á

Empoasca onukii, the tea jassid, is an insect species belonging to the subfamily Typhlocybinae of the family Cicadellidae. Plant hosts include Gossypium (cotton) species and, notably, Camellia sinensis (Chinese tea plants). The species is distributed throughout East, Southeast, and South Asia (including in China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand).