Species Rugosana querci

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food

Unknown Gyponinae Leafhopper - Rugosana querci - 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 Iassinae

Tribe Gyponini

Genus Rugosana

Species querci (Rugosana querci)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rugosana querci (DeLong, 1942)

Size

♀ 9mm, ♂ 10mm

Identification

"Resembling rugosa in form and general appearance but with distinct genitalia. Vertex produced and rather broadly rounded, almost twice as wide between eyes as median length. Pale yellow with traces of longitudinal orange bands on vertex, pronotum, and scutellum. Pronotum with a conspicuous round black spot each side on outer margin of disc. Elytra pale, mottled with brownish yellow causing a rugose appearance." — DeLong, 1942

note: described as "pale yellow" due to fading of dried specimens

Range

eastern U.S. and Canada

Season

mostly: Jun-Oct (longer in FL) (BG data)

Food

oaks

Contributed by tom murray on 1 September, 2011 - 2:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, antarctica
Last updated 25 November, 2020 - 4:26pm

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