{{Short description|Species of insect}} {{Speciesbox | image= Dubas_bug_adult.jpg | image_caption= ''Ommatissus lybicus'' | genus = Ommatissus | species = lybicus | authority = de Bergevin, 1930 | synonyms = }}
'''''Ommatissus lybicus'''''<ref>de Bergevin E (1930) Note sur trois espèces d'hémiptères recueillis en Egypte et description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Urentius (hémiptère Tingitidae) et d'une nouvelle variété d'Ommatissus binotatus Fieb. (homoptère Cixiidae). ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte. Le Caire'': 17-20.</ref><ref>Asche M, Wilson MR (1989) The palm-feeding planthopper genus ''Ommatissus'' (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Tropiduchidae), ''Systematic Entomology'', '''14''': 127-147.</ref> is a species of planthoppers in the subfamily Tropiduchinae, recorded from Libya through the Middle East to Pakistan. thumb|left|''O. lybicus'' eggs on date palm.
==Pest status== thumb|center|Sooty mould, nymph and larval cuticle of ''O. lybicus'' - taken on date palm in Oman ''Ommatissus lybicus'' may be known as the '''dubas bug''' or '''date palm hopper''' and is a significant pest of date palms: with sap sucking resulting in sooty mould formation on leaves.<ref>Bagheri A, Fathipour Y, Seyahooei MA, Zeinalabedini M (2018) ''Ommatissus lybicus'' (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae), an economically important pest of date palm (Arecaceae) with highly divergent populations. ''The Canadian Entomologist'' 150(3):378-392. (DOI: 10.4039/tce.2018.12)</ref>
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==External links== *{{Wikispecies inline|Ommatissus}} *{{Commons category-inline|Ommatissus}} {{taxonbar|from=Q63284643}}
Category:Tropiduchinae Category:Hemiptera of Africa Category:Hemiptera of Asia Category:Agricultural pest insects Category:Insects described in 1930