Genus Draeculacephala - Sharpshooters

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Genus Draeculacephala (Sharpshooters)

20 species in North America listed at nearctica.com

Identification

head triangular, projecting foreward to a sharp point

Food

primarily grass/sedge feeders in marshy situations [Insects of Cedar Creek]

Print References

"American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico" (1), p. 301

"Garden Insects of North America" (2), p. 364

Internet References

food and habitat plus link to photo of D. angulifera (Insects of Cedar Creek, U. of Minnesota)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) By Whitney Cranshaw

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 26 July, 2004 - 8:47pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 15 August, 2007 - 7:06pm

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