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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 » Amphigonalia » Amphigonalia gothica

Species Amphigonalia gothica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification
Sharpshooter - Amphigonalia gothica Data point for March in New Brunswick - Amphigonalia gothica Cicadellidae - Amphigonalia gothica Cicadellidae - Amphigonalia gothica Sharpshooter leafhopper on Peach-leaf willow - Amphigonalia gothica Planthopper? - Amphigonalia gothica Neokolla hieroglyphica? - Amphigonalia gothica Leafhopper - Amphigonalia gothica
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 Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Tribe Cicadellini
Genus Amphigonalia
Species gothica (Amphigonalia gothica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tettigonia similis (Woodworth, C.W., 1890)
Tettigoniella gothica (Smith, 1910)
Cicadella gothica (Van Duzee, 1916)
Neokolla gothica (Medler, 1943)
Explanation of Names
Amphigonalia gothica (Signoret, 1854)
gothica = 'gothic'
Identification
The only pink leafhopper east of the Rockies. --Andy Hamilton (color is variable though)
M-shaped mark between eyes is also distinctive.
Contributed by tom murray on 16 May, 2005 - 8:35am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 6 September, 2020 - 1:21pm

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