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Species Paraulacizes irrorata - Speckled Sharpshooter

Hopper - Paraulacizes irrorata Unknown Leafhopper? - Paraulacizes irrorata BB - Paraulacizes irrorata hopper - Paraulacizes irrorata NOT a Glassy-winged - Paraulacizes irrorata Hopper Nymph? - Paraulacizes irrorata Paraulacizes irrorata Speckled Sharpshooter - Paraulacizes irrorata
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 Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Tribe Proconiini
Genus Paraulacizes
Species irrorata (Speckled Sharpshooter)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paraulacizes irrorata (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Cicada irrorata Fabricius, 1794
Explanation of Names
irrorata = 'sprinkled'
Size
12 mm(1)
Identification
Nymph: hairy face and short hind legs are characteristic.
Range
e. US & se Ont. to Mex. - Map (2)(3)(4)
Food
Asteraceae: Cirsium altissimum (tall thistle), Cirsium sp., Conyza canadensis (horseweed), Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce), Silphium integrifolium (wholeleaf rosinweed); Poaceae: Elymus virginicus (Virginia wild rye), Sorghum sp. (cultivated sorghum).
Life Cycle
They overwinter as adults, lay eggs in the spring.
Remarks
egg parasitized by a mymarid wasp, Gonatocerus fasciatus (Tipping et al. 2006)
Print References
Mason C.E., Yonke T.R. (1971) Life history of four Draeculacephala species and Paraulacizes irrorata (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64: 1393-1399.
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
2.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
3.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Richard Leung on 24 February, 2005 - 7:28pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov
Last updated 17 May, 2023 - 3:11pm

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