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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 » subgenus Graphocephala (Graphocephala subgenus Graphocephala) » Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)
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Rhododendron Leafhopper nymph - Graphocephala fennahi
Copyright © 2007 Bill Claff

Rhododendron Leafhopper nymph - Graphocephala fennahi
Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
August 2, 2007
On rhododendron.
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Contributed by Bill Claff on 3 August, 2007 - 4:21pm
Last updated 13 November, 2007 - 3:16pm

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… Bill Claff, 13 November, 2007 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Leafhopper
As it is a nymph, I would think it likely that it is a Graphocephala fennahi - Rhododendron Leafhopper.

See here for more info:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/10079

Note: I am not an expert, nor do I play one on the internet...
… apgarm, 3 August, 2007 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Graphocephala fennahi
Correct. This is the only rhododendron-feeding leafhopper.
… Andy Hamilton, 13 November, 2007 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Makes some sense
as I captured this shot at the same location last September.
… Bill Claff, 3 August, 2007 - 9:23pm login or register to post comments

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