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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Cicadellini » Graphocephala » coccinea clade (Graphocephala s.s.) (Graphocephala coccinea clade (Graphocephala s.s.)) » Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)
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Empoasca elongella nymph? - Graphocephala fennahi
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Empoasca elongella nymph? - Graphocephala fennahi
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
May 31, 2007
Size: 2mm
I found this little guy running along the edge of one of my planters. The planter contains an Osteospermum (Compositae family). There was a Rhododendron nearby, also.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 31 May, 2007 - 11:12pm
Last updated 30 August, 2010 - 5:53pm

Moved
Moved from Not yet identified nymphs.
… john and jane balaban, 30 August, 2010 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers.
… john and jane balaban, 3 March, 2009 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

sharpshooter?
This is a very young nymph (the wing pads are scarcely evident), so it is hard to tell what it is. The prominent "nose" suggests a sharpshooter (subfamily Cicadellinae). Nymphs of Empoasca have a rather flat head with prominent setae on the front margin.
… Andy Hamilton, 1 June, 2007 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

 
Rhododendron Sharpshooter?
Well I haven't seen any Rhododendron Sharpshooters, yet. This one was only a few feet from a Rhododendron shrub.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 1 June, 2007 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
Graphocephala fennahi
yes, the yellow sides of the abdomen and the host agree with your analysis
… Andy Hamilton, 30 August, 2010 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

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