Jacobiasca formosana
| Jacobiasca formosana | |
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| 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 | |||||||
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| Chinese | 茶小綠葉蟬 | ||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 小綠浮塵子 | ||||||
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| Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 浮塵仔 | ||||||
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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).