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Species Fagocyba douglasi - European Beech Leafhopper

Leafhopper - Fagocyba douglasi Leafhopper - Fagocyba douglasi
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 Fagocyba
Species douglasi (European Beech Leafhopper)
Explanation of Names
Fagocyba douglasi (Edwards 1878)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA (NF, BC)(1)(2)
Food
hosts: various hardwoods(3)
Remarks
earliest NA record: BC 1976(1)
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