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Tribe Hecalini - Shovelhead Leafhoppers

Cicadellidae, lateral - Attenuipyga platyrhyncha - female Cicadellid ID request - Spangbergiella quadripunctata Cicadellid ID request - Spangbergiella quadripunctata leafhopper - Spangbergiella mexicana - female Hopper nymph - Attenuipyga platyrhyncha - female Cicadellidae on Distichlis spicata - Memnonia fenestrella - female Memnonia leptalea Arizona Leafhopper for ID - Memnonia
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 Hecalini (Shovelhead Leafhoppers)
Other Common Names
"Spoonbill" leafhoppers
Explanation of Names
Hecalini Distant 1908
Numbers
TBA spp. in 7 genera in our area (all in the nominate subtribe), 180 spp. in 23 genera total, in two subtribes(1)
Range
cosmopolitan
Habitat
grasslands
Food
grasses