This is an Accepted Article that has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication in the Insect Science but has yet to undergo copy-editing and proof correction. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12707. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Title for subject: Identification of IncRNAs in WBPH Title for authors: Z. X. Chang et al. Correspondence: Qing-Fa Wu, CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China. Tel: +86 551 63607631; email: chinawuqf@ustc.edu.cn. Original article Genome-wide characterization and developmental expression profiling of long non-coding RNAs in Sogatella furcifera Zhao-Xia Chang 1 , Olugbenga Emmanuel Ajayi 1 , Dong-Yang Guo 1 and Qing-Fa Wu 1, 2 1 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China, and 2 CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China