Nilaparvata

{{Short description|Genus of planthoppers}}

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| image = Nilaparvata lugens from CSIRO.jpg

| image_caption = Nilaparvata lugens

| taxon = Nilaparvata

| authority = Distant, 1906

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| synonyms = Kalpa Distant, 1906

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NilaparvataDistant WL (1906) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 3: 503 pp. [347]. is a genus of planthoppers in the subfamily Delphacinae and tribe Delphacini Leach, 1815.

Species are widely distributed in the Americas, Africa, tropical Asia and Australia.[https://www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=genus&id=5725 Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web (FLOW): Nilaparvata Distant, 1906 (retrieved 14 December 2019)] The type species, Nilaparvata lugens, also known as the 'brown planthopper', is a major pest of rice crops.