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Species Doratura stylata

Leafhopper Nymph - Doratura stylata Leafhopper - Doratura stylata hopper - Doratura stylata cicadellid? - Doratura stylata Hemiptera nymph - Doratura stylata Hemiptera nymph - Doratura stylata Hemiptera nymph - Doratura stylata Doratura stylata - male
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 Doratura
Species stylata (Doratura stylata)
Explanation of Names
Author: Boheman, 1847
Identification

The 3 spots on the margin of the head, and the black band across the face (not seen in this photo) are both characteristic of this European leafhopper. --Andy Hamilton
Range
native to Europe and North Africa, adventive in NA(1)
Food
on grasses(2)
Remarks
Brachypterous (short-winged) (1 and 2) as well as long-winged adults (3).


Nymph
Works Cited
1.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
2.Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. I: Apterygota, Palaeoptera, Hemimetabola
Bei-Bienko G.Y., ed. 1964. Leningrad: Zool. Inst. 935 pp.