Cicadulina

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Cicadulina is a leafhopper genus in the tribe Macrostelini. Cicadulina species are vectors of the maize streak virus, a disease which is a sporadic but severe in sub-Saharan Africa. The cause is a geminivirus which is persistently transmitted by Cicadulina leafhoppers. The disease is also transmitted to Urochloa panicoides, a fodder grass originating in Southern Africa. The maize orange leafhopper has been reported to induce gall-like structures on maize in Japan.

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