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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 » subgenus Keonolla (Graphocephala subgenus Keonolla) » Graphocephala lugubris
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Leafhopper? - Graphocephala lugubris
Copyright © 2016 Matt Young

Leafhopper? - Graphocephala lugubris
Bobolink Trail, South Boulder Creek, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
July 16, 2016
Size: 5 mm or less
Mostly there seemed to be a ménage à trois, but often 1 or 2 more joined in. I did not notice how colorful the interloper was until I saw the picture; I do not know whether its coloration was iridescent.

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Leafhopper? - Graphocephala lugubris Leafhopper? - Graphocephala lugubris
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Contributed by Matt Young on 21 July, 2016 - 8:35pm
Last updated 16 March, 2020 - 11:37pm

Moved
Moved from Graphocephala uhleri.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 16 March, 2020 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 July, 2016 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting ...
I was thinking Neokolla. Perhaps this one is misplaced?

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 21 July, 2016 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both!
For the ID. Regarding the genus, I am afraid I will have to let you two fight it out; I only take pictures.

But what is the relation between the multicolored one and the rest? Most displayed only the 2 bluish stripes.
… Matt Young, 21 July, 2016 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
sexually dimorphic
If you look at the underside, I predict you will find that the bluish individuals are all males, and the greenish individuals are mostly females (some males are greenish, but generally small). At least, that's the case with those I've caught in my yard in Patagonia, AZ.
… Jason Botz, 10 November, 2016 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

 
TYVM!
Doubt that I will know what to look for on the underside, but I will assume that the gaily colored greenish ones are females.
… Matt Young, 10 November, 2016 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

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