Species Errastunus ocellaris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Leafhopper - Errastunus ocellaris - 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 Deltocephalinae

Tribe Paralimnini

Subtribe Paralimnina

Genus Errastunus

Species ocellaris (Errastunus ocellaris)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Errastunus ocellaris (preferred name)

Latalus sobrinus

Errastunus sobrinus

Explanation of Names

Latalus ocellaris (Fallén 1806)

Identification

This species resembles members of the genus Latalus, but is unique in having reticulate venation in the claval region of the wings.

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA.(1) It is found throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada and stretches across Canada to British Columbia.

Habitat

in e. NA, common in non-native areas (lawns, old fields, etc.) (Dr Hamilton's comment); in the UK, common in a variety of grassland habitats(2)

Works Cited

1.	Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.

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

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 8 July, 2005 - 5:45pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov, metrioptera, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 5 November, 2020 - 11:42am

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