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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 » Graphocephala » Incertae sedis (Graphocephala Incertae sedis)

Incertae sedis

Representative Images

Sharpshooter for California in February - Graphocephala cythura Graphocephala versuta? - Graphocephala versuta Versute sharpshooter - Graphocephala versuta Versute Sharpshooters - Graphocephala versuta - male - female Graphocephala versuta? - Graphocephala versuta Leafhopper - Graphocephala versuta sharpshooter – Graphocephala versuta? - Graphocephala versuta Graphocephala cythura? - Graphocephala cythura

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 Graphocephala
No Taxon Incertae sedis

Explanation of Names

Hordnia (Oman, 1949)

Identification

These species are unplaced within a subgenus and are not true Graphocephala.

Range

western U.S. & Canada to Mexico

Remarks

this is an informal and provisional species group developed for organisation of the genus. see the genus page for more info.

images of specimens:

G. aurora
G. aurora male G. aurora female

G. cythura
G. cythura male G. cythura female

G. ignava
G. ignava male G. ignava male
Contributed by Kyle Kittelberger on 16 March, 2020 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 29 October, 2022 - 4:29pm

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