Jacobiasca formosana

Jacobiasca formosana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Jacobiasca
Species:
J. formosana
Binomial name
Jacobiasca formosana
(Paoli, 1932)
Jacobiasca formosana
Chinese茶小綠葉蟬
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese小綠浮塵子
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese浮塵仔

Jacobiasca formosana, 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).

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