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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Cicadellini » Graphocephala » Incertae sedis (Graphocephala Incertae sedis) » Graphocephala cythura

Species Graphocephala cythura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Very simple sharpshooter - green version - Graphocephala cythura Sharpshooter for California in March - Graphocephala cythura leafhopper pair on Ambrosia - Graphocephala cythura - male - female Leafhopper - Graphocephala cythura Which species of Hordnia? - Graphocephala cythura Hordnia cythura - Graphocephala cythura Hordnia cythura - Graphocephala cythura Graphocephala cythura ? - Graphocephala cythura
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 Cicadellini
Genus Graphocephala
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Species cythura (Graphocephala cythura)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tettigonia cythura (Baker, 1898)
Diedrocephala versuta cythura (Ball, 1901)
Diedrocephala cythura (Woodworth, 1913)
Graphocephala cythura (Van Duzee, 1916)
Explanation of Names
Graphocephala cythura (Baker, 1898)
Size
♂ 4.2-4.6 mm, ♀ 4.6 – 5.0 mm
Range
Southwestern United States and Mexico
Remarks
Oman redescribed the species, on the basis of the male genitalia.
Internet References
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 July, 2007 - 11:31am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 10 September, 2020 - 2:58pm

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