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Tarophagus
taro planthoppers
Tarophagus is a genus of delphacid planthoppers that feed on taro (Colocasia esculenta) and related aroid plants. The genus contains three recognized species: T. colocasiae, T. persephone, and T. proserpina, which are distinguished by male and female genitalia characters and have non-overlapping geographic distributions across Asia and the Pacific. These insects have been used as circumstantial evidence in biogeographic studies of taro domestication and origins. The genus was first described by Zimmerman in 1948.