An account of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Southern Odisha, India Author Kushwaha, Sandeep Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur - 482002, Madhya Pradesh, India; Email: sandeepkushwaha _ 17 @ yahoo. com Author Khare, Preety Government Science College, Jabalpur 482002, Madhya Pradesh, India Author Jahan, Sonam Government Science College, Jabalpur 482002, Madhya Pradesh, India Author Kumar, Hirdesh Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India Author Dam, Debashree Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India Author Suman, Kusumala Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University), Lucknow- 226025, Uttar Pradesh, India text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2023 123 1 51 62 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i1/2023/172403 2581-8686 10956380 12. Penthimia maculosa Distant, 1908 Penthimia maculosa Distant, 1908: 244 Penthimia maculosa : Shobharani et al . (2018: 12) Material examined: INDIA • 1♂ ( 5.5mm ), Odisha , Kandhamal , near Bellagunha-Baragaon , 20°8’11” N , 84°22’27” E , 30.V.2019 , S. Kushwaha and Party leg.; Regn. No. :H15-10141 . Diagnostic characters: Shiny black, densely and finely pilose. Scutellum with ered near the apex with spots on mid-lateral margins and on apex tip. Fronto-clypeus characteristically wrinkled. Male genitalia with strongly hooked style apex. Distribution: India : Assam , Maharashtra and West Bengal . Elsewhere: Myanmar and Mergui Archipelago. Remark: First record to the state.