''Cicadulina'' is a leafhopper genus in the tribe

Macrostelini Macrostelini is a Tribe (biology), tribe in the Deltocephalinae subfamily of leafhoppers. Macrostelini contains 37 genera and over 300 species. The tribe has a cosmopolitan distribution. Some species in the genus ''Cicadulina'' are agricultural p ...

. ''Cicadulina'' species are vectors of the

maize streak virus Maize streak virus (MSV) is a virus primarily known for causing maize streak disease (MSD) in its major host, and which also infects over 80 wild and domesticated grasses. It is an insect-transmitted pathogen of maize in the genus ''Mastrevirus' ...

, 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 '' Cicadulina bipunctata'' has been reported to induce gall-like structures on maize in Japan.Recent Outbreaks of the Maize Orange Leafhopper Cicadulina bipunctata Inducing Gall-like Structures on Maize in Japan. Masaya Matsumura, Makoto Tokuda and Nobuyuki Endo, Galling Arthropods and Their Associates, 2006, pages 149-158,

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Macrostelini Cicadellidae genera Insect vectors of plant pathogens {{Deltocephalinae-stub