Genus Gyponana

Classification · Numbers · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Cicadellidae--Gyponana sp. ? - Gyponana octolineata

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 Gyponinae

Genus Gyponana

Numbers

~50 spp. in our area(1)

Life Cycle

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Remarks

Very few species are readily identifiable based on external characters.

See Also

Ponana and Gypona nymphs are very similar but have dark markings.

Print References

Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982. Review of the Nearctic species of the nominate subgenus of Gyponana Ball (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55: 547-562.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 September, 2004 - 8:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 25 February, 2012 - 8:02pm

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