Species Osbornellus scalaris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

unknown Cicadellid - Osbornellus scalaris

Osbornellus scalaris ? - Osbornellus scalaris

? Planthopper, to black light - Osbornellus scalaris

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 Scaphoideini

Genus Osbornellus

Species scalaris (Osbornellus scalaris)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scaphoideus scalaris Van Duzee 1890

Explanation of Names

Osbornellus scalaris (Van Duzee 1890)

scalaris = 'with a ladder' (refers to the dorsal pattern)

Size

4-5 mm

Identification

Characteristic bold pale spots all over the wings and the smaller pale spots on the head.

The most boldly white-marked species in the genus (A. Hamilton, 2007)

Det. A. Hamilton, 2007

Range

s. CA-AZ / BC - Map (1)(2)

Print References

Beamer R.H. (1937) A review of the genus Osbornellus in the United States and Canada. (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 10: 89-112. (3)

Works Cited

1.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	A review of the genus Osbornellus in the United States and Canada (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Beamer, R.H. 1937. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 10(3): 89-112. .

Contributed by Claude Pilon on 24 October, 2007 - 2:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov
Last updated 15 November, 2020 - 11:19am

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