Saccharosydnini
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Saccharosydne
delphacid planthoppers
Saccharosydne is a genus of delphacid planthoppers in the family Delphacidae, established by Kirkaldy in 1907. The genus comprises approximately nine described species distributed across the Americas, with the type species Saccharosydne saccharivora (Westwood, 1833) being a major pest of sugar-cane. Species in this genus are phloem-feeding insects associated with grasses and sugar-cane, with some serving as vectors of plant pathogens including phytoplasmas.