Subspecies Jikradia olitoria olitoria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References

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 Coelidiinae

Tribe Teruliini

Genus Jikradia

Species olitoria (Jikradia olitoria)

Subspecies olitoria (Jikradia olitoria olitoria)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Jikradia olitoria (and originally Jassus olitorius; described by Say in 1830)

New World species of Coelidia were separated into a new genus (Jikradia) by M.W. Nielson in 1979, but the erection of a new genus is considered unjustified in a comment here by Andy Hamilton, who treats Jikradia as a subgenus of Coelidia

Numbers

One of two subspecies of Jikradia olitoria in North America

Size

body length 6-8 mm

Identification

Adult: variably light brown to grayish or bluish, sometimes yellowish or brownish-yellow throughout

Females of this subspecies always have pale wing bands, while males are a chocolate to rusty brown without pale markings. [Andy Hamilton, 24 December, 2007]

Range

Eastern United States and southeastern Canada (QC, ON)

Remarks

J. olitoria olitoria is reported to be a vector of the disease, strawberry pallidosis in eastern United States.

Internet References

live adult image (C.H. Dietrich, U. of Illinois)

pinned adult image (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

distribution of New World species and classification as Jikradia (A review of the leafhopper genus Jikradia with descriptions of four new species; Carolina Godoy [Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica] and M.W. Nielson [Brigham Young U., Utah])

list of world species of Coelidia plus synonyms and distribution (US Dept. of Agriculture)

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 25 September, 2009 - 12:17pm
Additional contributions by TurtleDude
Last updated 3 October, 2017 - 11:27am

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