Species Exitianus exitiosus - Gray Lawn Leafhopper

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Gray Lawn Leafhopper - Exitianus exitiosus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Cicadoidea

Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Deltocephalinae

Genus Exitianus

Species exitiosus (Gray Lawn Leafhopper)

Numbers

3 spp. listed on Nearctica

Identification

Dirty yellow to brown body. Two black spots on top front of head, front of pronotum, and front and rear scutellum. Wings are clear to white with brown veins and usually extend slightly past the abdomen.

Print References

Cranshaw, p. 364 (1)

Internet References

http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/album/021014166ap.html

http://beaumont.tamu.edu/research/agroecosystems/grapes/Number-1.htm

Works Cited

1.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) By Whitney Cranshaw

Contributed by Richard Leung on 25 January, 2005 - 9:22pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 November, 2008 - 12:16pm

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