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Species Euscelidius variegatus

Short-winged Leafhopper - Euscelidius variegatus Euscelis variegatus - Euscelidius variegatus leafhopper - Euscelidius variegatus Another heap o' hoppers for ID - Polyamia, perhaps? - Euscelidius variegatus sm Hopper - Euscelidius variegatus Leafhopper - Euscelidius variegatus Leafhopper - Euscelidius variegatus Hopper - Euscelidius variegatus - 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 Deltocephalinae
Tribe Athysanini
No Taxon (genus-group Athysanus)
Genus Euscelidius
Species variegatus (Euscelidius variegatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euscelis variegatus
Explanation of Names
Euscelidius variegatus (Kirschbaum 1858)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive in our area and now widespread along the Pacific (WA-CA) + UT(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: CA 1947; vector of western aster yellows(2)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Wilson M.R., Turner J.A. (2010) Leafhopper, planthopper and psyllid vectors of plant disease
2.Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 8 August, 2006 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, Edward Ruden, TurtleDude
Last updated 31 July, 2019 - 4:30pm

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