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Species Exitianus exitiosus - Gray Lawn Leafhopper

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Chiasmini
Genus Exitianus
Species exitiosus (Gray Lawn Leafhopper)
Explanation of Names
Exitianus exitiosus (Uhler 1880)
exitiosus (L) 'destructive, deadly'(1)
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.

Det. Ken Childs, 2018
Range
mostly s. 2/3 of US, +PNW / n. Mex. - Map(2), but see: Species page(3)
Habitat
associated with lawns/turfgrasses(4)
Season
yr round, but most common Jun-Oct.(2)
Food
raised in the laboratory on grass species including green foxtail grass, wheat, and barley. On hard red spring wheat development took 55 days for males (egg to adult) and 60 days for females. (Gustin and Stoner 1973)
Life Cycle
A common "tramp" species ... it breeds on any available grass, then flies off to find whatever is available, always choosing the most succulent growth. (Andy Hamilton, 24.i.2005)
Print References
Hepner, L.W. (1942) A taxonomic revision of the genus Eutettix in America north of Mexico (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). The University of Kansas science bulletin. 28: 253–293.
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