Species Alebra wahlbergi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Alebrini

Genus Alebra

Species wahlbergi (Alebra wahlbergi)

Explanation of Names

Alebra wahlbergi Boheman 1845

Size

3.5-4.5 mm(1)

Range

native to, and widespread across Europe, adventive in NA(2)

Season

adults Jun-Sep in the UK(1)

Food

various trees, in our area mainly maples(2)

Remarks

earliest NA record: MA 1920(2)

Internet References

Species pages: Bantock & Botting (2010)(1) | Dmitriev (20??)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera

2.	Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America

3.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 25 August, 2008 - 5:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 October, 2013 - 9:03am

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