Species Japananus hyalinus - Japanese Maple Leafhopper

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Internet References

Odd little green bug - Japananus hyalinus

Japanese Maple Leafhopper - Japananus hyalinus

Leafhopper 09.07.23 - Japananus hyalinus

Perhaps it's some kind of a leafhopper, but if it is, what kind? - Japananus hyalinus

Japananus hyalinus? - Japananus hyalinus

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 Deltocephalinae

Genus Japananus

Species hyalinus (Japanese Maple Leafhopper)

Explanation of Names

Author of species is Osborn, 1900.

Identification

The nymph has a longer head and tail than Scaphytopius. … Andy Hamilton, 13 June, 2007

Remarks

A native species of Japan, Japananus hyalinus was apparently brought over to the United States on imported Japanese maples, but it will feed on native species as well.

Internet References

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/cicadell/ecokey19.htm

Contributed by Richard Leung on 20 January, 2005 - 10:01pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 18 September, 2009 - 7:05pm

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