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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) » Proconiini » Cuerna » Cuerna alpina

Species Cuerna alpina

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
sharpshooter - Cuerna alpina Black and red leafhopper - Cuerna alpina Black and red leafhopper - Cuerna alpina Hopper - Cuerna alpina Leafhopper sp. - Cuerna alpina Cuerna alpina Colorful cicadellid in south-facing winter grassland - Cuerna alpina Alpine Sharpshooter - Cuerna alpina
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 Cuerna
Species alpina (Cuerna alpina)
Other Common Names
Alpine Cuerna
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Cuerna xyla Hamilton, 1970 (1)
Explanation of Names
Cuerna alpina Oman & Beamer, 1944
Identification

tentative det: Kyle Kittelberger, 2020
Range
w.Canada to Mexico: AB-ID-NM to SK-MN-MO - Map (2) (3)

State/Province Records: (1)
CAN: AB, BC, SK
USA: CO, ID, IL, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY
Food
on Yucca(2)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the North American Leafhopper Genus Cuerna (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
S.M. Krishnankutty, R. Rakitov, & C.H. Dietrich. 2015. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108 (3): 339-371.
2.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 23 May, 2008 - 11:39am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 May, 2023 - 10:05am

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