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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) » Microleafhoppers (Typhlocybinae) » Typhlocybini » Eupteryx » Ligurian Leafhopper (Eupteryx decemnotata)

Species Eupteryx decemnotata - Ligurian Leafhopper

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Typhlocybini
Genus Eupteryx
Species decemnotata (Ligurian Leafhopper)
Explanation of Names
Eupteryx decemnotata Rey 1891
Size
2-3 mm(1)
Range
native to the Mediterranean (now rapidly spreading in Europe), adventive in NA and established in CA (Napa and Riverside Cos.)(2)
Season
adults May-Oct in the UK(1)
Food
various herbs & ornamentals in the Lamiaceae (rosemary, sage, marjoram, catnip, mint, oregano, etc.)(2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: CA 2008; spreads with trade(2)
Internet References
Species pages: Dmitriev ()(3) | Bantock & Botting (2010)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
2.A leafhopper pest of plants in the mint family, Eupteryx decemnotata Rey (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)...
Rung A., Halbert S.E., Ziesk D.C., Gill R.J. 2009. Insecta Mundi 0088: 1-4.
3.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by v belov on 13 May, 2011 - 3:29pm
Last updated 19 October, 2013 - 9:24am

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