Abstract
The corn crop can be attacked by several species of insect pests, from emergence to maturity. Currently, the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis DeLong & Wolcott, 1923 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) is considered one of the main pest insects of this crop due to the transmission of mollicutes (spiroplasma and phytoplasma) responsible for diseases known as pale and red stunt of corn. Currently, the…