Genus Evacanthus

Classification · Identification

Yellow-and-black Leafhopper - Evacanthus ustanucha

Leafhopper - Evacanthus orbitalis - male

Unknown hopper - Gathering_2008 - Evacanthus ustanucha

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 Evacanthus

Identification

The genus is recognized by an arrow-shaped set of ridges on the top of the head.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 July, 2006 - 2:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 7 August, 2008 - 8:28am

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