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Species Graminella nigrifrons - Black-faced Leafhopper

Black-faced Leafhopper - Graminella nigrifrons Leafhopper - Graminella nigrifrons - male Pale green and blue leafhopper - Graminella nigrifrons Pale-yellow-veined leafhopper - Graminella nigrifrons leafhopper - Graminella nigrifrons 2018-10-07 Brown-streaked leafhopper - Graminella nigrifrons Graminella nigrifrons - female Hopper - Graminella nigrifrons
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 Deltocephalini
Genus Graminella
Species nigrifrons (Black-faced Leafhopper)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Graminella nigrifrons (Forbes)
Orig. Comb: Cicadula nigrifrons Forbes, 1885
Size
3-4 mm
Identification
The pattern of black spots along the head edge and the dark-marked face are characteristic of this species.
Range
e. NA to NM, Calif. / W. Indies - Map (1)(2)
Season
mostly: Apr-Nov (2)
Food
Corn
Remarks
agricultural pest, vector of plant viruses
Diseases Transmitted (3)
Maize chlorotic dwarf virus Waikavirus
Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma 16SrI-B
See Also
Print References
Forbes, S.A. (1885) Report of the State Entomologist on the noxious and beneficial insects of the State of Illinois. Rept. State Entomol. Illinois. 14: i-vii, 1-136.
Internet References
Species pages: Zahniser & McKamey(1)