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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 » Empoa » Empoa gillettei

Species Empoa gillettei

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · See Also · Print 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 Empoa
Species gillettei (Empoa gillettei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Typhlocyba gillettei Van Duzee 1917
Explanation of Names
Empoa gillettei (Van Duzee 1917)
Range
most of NA (NF-AK to NC-LA-AZ) - Map (1)(2), mostly e. NA to AK
Food
recorded hosts include deciduous trees in 6 families(1)
See Also
E. venusta - wing tips darker than in E. gillettei
- Range: ne. N. Amer.
Print References
Van Duzee, E.P. (1917) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. Technical Bulletin. University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station. Entomology. Berkeley, 2: 1–902.
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 July, 2006 - 7:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, TurtleDude
Last updated 3 June, 2023 - 1:30pm

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