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Leaf Hopper

Description:

Leafhopper is a common name applied to any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones.[1] They undergo an incomplete metamorphosis, and have various host associations, varying from very generalized to very specific. Some species have a cosmopolitan distribution, or occur throughout the temperate and tropical regions. Some are pests or vectors of plant viruses and phytoplasmas.[1] The family is distributed all over the world, and constitutes the second-largest hemipteran family, with at least 20,000 described species.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Idiocerine Leafhpper
Acericerus cf. heydenii cicadas in the garden


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5 Comments

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

thanks!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

No problem, I was already called Santa Claus today ;-)...

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

*bayucca apologies.

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

Thanks buyacca, I will update
as soon as I have access to a computer. It has identical diamond marking!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Cicadellidae, Idiocerinae, Acericerus sp. and lokks like being either Acericerus heydenii, a recently detected species from the continent or Acericerus vittifrons. I slightly tend to Acericerus cf. heydenii. However, I would need other and brighter shots for seeing all the important details. Yours is a liitlebit too dark. Please, verify yourself!
http://www.ledra.co.uk/recent_species.ht...

JanineLingTurner
Spotted by
JanineLingTurner

Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Dec 22, 2013
Submitted on Dec 22, 2013

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