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Species Erythroneura tricincta - Three-banded Leafhopper

Leafhopper IMG_0100 - Erythroneura tricincta Erythroneura tricincta - male Erythroneura tricincta - male Erythroneura tricincta Erythroneura tricincta - Three-banded Leafhopper - Erythroneura tricincta yellow and brown hopper on sweetgum - Erythroneura tricincta Erythroneura tricincta - female Very tiny striped leafhopper - Erythroneura tricincta
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 Erythroneurini
Genus Erythroneura
No Taxon (tricincta group)
Species tricincta (Three-banded Leafhopper)
Other Common Names
Threebanded Grape Leafhopper
Explanation of Names
Erythroneura tricincta Fitch 1851
Size
2-3 mm
Range
e. US & so. ON
Habitat
deciduous woods, hedgerows, grape fields
Season
May-Oct
Food
nymphs and adults feed on leaves of grape (Vitis spp.)
Life Cycle
overwinters as an adult in leaf litter; one or two generations per year
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