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Tribe Phlepsiini

Texananus oregonus ? - Texananus oregonus Deltocephalinae Leafhopper - Excultanus excultus Confused reddish leafhopper - Texananus Arizona Planthopper ? - Texananus Texananus decorus Hemiptera - Excultanus hopper - Texananus Texananus, attracted to UV light - Texananus
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 Phlepsiini
Explanation of Names
Phlepsiini Zahniser & Dietrich 2013
Numbers
almost 50 spp. in 3 genera in our area, >80 spp. in 5 genera total(1)
Range
2 genera in the New World and 2 in Eurasia (mostly western) and Africa(1)