Species Graphocephala coccinea - Red-banded Leafhopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · See Also · Internet References

Red-banded Leafhopper - Graphocephala coccinea

Red-banded Leafhopper - Graphocephala coccinea - female

Candystriped Leafhopper - Graphocephala coccinea

Tropical Bug in Ct. - Graphocephala coccinea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Cicadoidea

Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)

Genus Graphocephala

Species coccinea (Red-banded Leafhopper)

Other Common Names

Candystriped Leafhopper

Size

In the subspecies G. c. coccinea, confined to the Atlantic coast, males are 5.7-6.2 mm long, and females 6.7-7.3 mm. In the inland subspecies, G. c. quadrivittata, males are 6.6-7.6 mm and females are 7.2-8.4 mm.

See Also

G. picta and G. fennahi are more green than red (at most, equally marked green and red) whereas G. coccinea is usually dominantly red. G. constricta, known only from Arkansas, western Mississippi, and eastern Texas, is similar to G. coccinea but is smaller (6.2-7.4 mm). [Extracted from comments by Andy Hamilton]

Internet References

live adult image [courtesy U. of Kentucky] and common name reference [Candystriped Leafhopper] (Purdue U., Indiana)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, ceiseman
Last updated 22 October, 2009 - 11:37am

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