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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) » Microleafhoppers (Typhlocybinae) » Typhlocybini » Empoa » Subgenus Empoa (Empoa Subgenus Empoa) » Empoa gillettei
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Brown band bug - Empoa gillettei
Copyright © 2018 John Morgan

Brown band bug - Empoa gillettei
Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama, USA
June 8, 2018
This was a yellow, white, and brown leafhopper type bug. Overall, he had a thin and translucent appearance. He had a yellow patch over his thorax, a wide brown band in the median area, and several small brown patches arranged in a geometrical pattern close to his outer margin. His costa and legs were yellow. His length was about 3 mm. Erythroneura calycula?

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Brown band bug - Empoa gillettei Brown band bug - Empoa gillettei
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Contributed by John Morgan on 11 June, 2018 - 9:50am
Last updated 26 June, 2018 - 10:39pm

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 26 June, 2018 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… v belov, 23 June, 2018 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

Looks like...
This might be the first post of this species from Alabama.
Empoa gillettei: (widespread)
… Bob Biagi, 11 June, 2018 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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