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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) » Deltocephalinae » Shovelhead Leafhoppers (Hecalini) » Spangbergiella » Spangbergiella vulnerata
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Cicadellidae - Spangbergiella vulnerata - male
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Cicadellidae - Spangbergiella vulnerata - Male
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
October 8, 2011
Black light
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 28 December, 2011 - 8:57am
Last updated 10 January, 2013 - 7:35pm

neat; BG's best image so far
Moved from Leafhoppers.
… v belov, 27 January, 2012 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

Spangbergiella vulnerata
A male; females have much longer heads. The red pattern is distinctive.

This is a new state record; previously it was taken only as far north as AR. Global warming?
… Andy Hamilton, 27 January, 2012 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks much
for your expertise!
… MJ Hatfield, 27 January, 2012 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

Graphocephala?
The coloring reminds me of Graphocephala, although I don't see any that match your specimen exactly.
… Jason R Eckberg, 28 December, 2011 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

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