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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) » Megophthalminae » Agalliini » Agalliina » Agallia » Constricted Leafhopper (Agallia constricta)

Species Agallia constricta - Constricted Leafhopper

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Cicadellid - Agallia constricta Leafhopper IMG_9632 - Agallia constricta Constricted Leafhopper–Agallia constricta? - Agallia constricta Agallia constricta or quadripunctata - Agallia constricta Second try for Agallia quadripunctata - Agallia constricta Leafhopper ID request - Agallia constricta Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper--Agallia quadripunctata? - Agallia constricta Hopper - Agallia constricta
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 Megophthalminae
Tribe Agalliini
Subtribe Agalliina
Genus Agallia
Species constricta (Constricted Leafhopper)
Explanation of Names
Agallia constricta (Van Duzee 1894)
Size
male 3.5-4 mm; female smaller(1)
Range
e US - Map (2)
Season
mostly: Apr-Aug (BG data)
See Also
A. quadripunctata is larger; elytra more convex, wider, and shorter; vertex proportionally wider; pronotum longer(1)
- Range: e. US, uncommon in Gulf states
Det. Andy Hamilton, 2014
Print References
Van Duzee, E.P. (1894) New North American Homoptera. -- No. VII. The Canadian Entomologist 26: 89–93.
Works Cited
1.A review of the North American species of Agallia
Osborn, H. & E.D. Ball. 1899. Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 30 June, 2005 - 11:12am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 17 June, 2023 - 11:35am

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