Maiestas latifrons (rice broad-headed leafhopper), formerly Recilia latifrons, is a species of bug from the Cicadellidae family that can be found in China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian maritime.[1][2] It can be found on and feeds on rice plants.[1] It was formerly placed within Recilia, but a 2009 revision moved it to Maiestas.[3]

Maiestas latifrons
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M. latifrons
Binomial name
Maiestas latifrons
(Matsumura, 1902)

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  1. ^ a b Ferreira, Evane; Barrigossi, José Alexandre Freitas & da Maia de Castro, Emílio (2003). Homópteros associados ao arroz (PDF). Embrapa Documentos 152 (in Portuguese). Belém, Brazil: Embrapa Arroz e Feijão. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Recilia latifrons". Globalspecies.org. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ Webb, M.D.; Viraktamath, C.A. 2009: Annotated check-list, generic key and new species of Old World Deltocephalini leafhoppers with nomenclatorial changes in the Deltocephalus group and other Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2163: 1-64. Abstract & excerpt