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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 » Ribautiana » European Elm Leafhopper  (Ribautiana ulmi)

Species Ribautiana ulmi - European Elm Leafhopper

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Leafhopper - Ribautiana ulmi Leafhopper - Ribautiana ulmi Leafhopper - Ribautiana ulmi Ribautiana ulmi - male - female Ribautiana ulmi - female Ribautiana ulmi - female
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 Typhlocybinae (Microleafhoppers)
Tribe Typhlocybini
Genus Ribautiana
Species ulmi (European Elm Leafhopper )
Explanation of Names
Ribautiana ulmi (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
3.5-4 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive and now widespread in NA(2)(3)
Season
Adults May-Nov in UK(1)
Food
hosts: mostly elms (Ulmus), also recorded on a dozen other plant genera(2)
Remarks
damages esthetic value of elms
earliest NA record: NY 1886(3)
Internet References
Species pages: Dmitriev (2013)(2) | Bantock & Botting (2010)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
2.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
3.Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America
Contributed by Claude Pilon on 24 October, 2007 - 2:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 October, 2013 - 8:37am

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