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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) » Flat-headed Leafhoppers (Ledrinae) » Xerophloea » Xerophloea peltata

Species Xerophloea peltata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food

Green and black leafhopper with clear wings - Xerophloea peltata

Leafhopper est 8mm - Xerophloea peltata - male

Leafhopper est 8mm - Xerophloea peltata - 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 Ledrinae (Flat-headed Leafhoppers)

Genus Xerophloea

Species peltata (Xerophloea peltata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Parapholis peltata (Uhler, 1877)

Xerophloea peltata (Uhler, 1884)

Xerophloea vanduzeei (Lawson, 1931)

Xerophloea zionis (Lawson, 1931)

Xerophloea obtusa (Lawson, 1931)

Xerophloea brunnea (Lawson, 1931)

Xerophloea californica (Lawson, 1931)

Xerophloea tenuata (Lawson, 1931)

Explanation of Names

Xerophloea peltata (Uhler, 1877)

Size

♂ 6.1-6.8mm, ♀ 7.2-7.9mm

Identification

"Crown with anterior margin broadly angulate; interocular width about 1.5 times median length. Pronotum with median length about 1.75 times median length of crown, slightly broader than basal half of head; posterior two-thirds inflated. Entire body coarsely punctate. Male with fuscous markings along median line of crown and another transverse line at base of pronotum, female uniformly green." — Nielson, 1962

Range

western and central U.S.

Food

historically collected from the following:

Atriplex semibaccata (Australian saltbush)

Chenopodium murale (Nettle-leaved goosefoot)

Amaranthus retroflexus

Tribulus terrestris

Franseria acanthicarpa

Centaurea solstitialis (Yellow star-thistle)

Medicago sativa (Alfalfa)

Vitis spp. (Grapevines)

Vicia spp. (Vetch)

Contributed by Tom Bentley on 23 May, 2008 - 11:40am
Additional contributions by v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 4 March, 2021 - 5:11pm

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