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Species Graphocraerus ventralis

Leafhopper - Graphocraerus ventralis Leafhopper bug - Graphocraerus ventralis Leafhopper bug - Graphocraerus ventralis Leafhopper - Graphocraerus ventralis
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 Athysanini
No Taxon (genus-group Athysanus)
Genus Graphocraerus
Species ventralis (Graphocraerus ventralis)
Explanation of Names
Graphocraerus ventralis (Fallén 1806)
Identification
good photos more info here(1)
Range
native to, and widespread across, the Palaearctic(2); introduced in NA from Europe, so far restricted to PQ (Gaspe Peninsula) and adjacent NB (Dr Hamilton's comment)
Habitat
drier grasslands(2)
Food
on grasses(2)