nr. lunata

Classification · Range · Remarks

White leafhopper with dark marks - Eratoneura

Eratoneura hymettana (Knull) - Eratoneura

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 Eratoneura

No Taxon nr. lunata

Range

e. TX to GA (BG data)

Remarks

This hopper is currently a bit of an enigma. For a while, individuals colored like this were identified as hymettana, but it is clear now that there are important differences. It could represent a previously undescribed color form/variety of hymettana, or of lunata (which it is more similar in coloration to), or it may represent a completely new and undescribed species that has evaded hopper taxonomists for the past century plus. It is therefore important for male specimens of this taxa to be collected so that its identity can be resolved. (K. Kittelberger)

Contributed by Kyle Kittelberger on 31 December, 2021 - 12:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 August, 2023 - 2:22pm

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