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Species Dragonana dracontea

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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 Iassinae
Tribe Gyponini
Genus Dragonana
Species dracontea (Dragonana dracontea)
Explanation of Names
Dragonana dracontea (Gibson, 1919)
Size
♂ 6mm, ♀ 6.5mm
Identification
"Vertex broadly rather roundedly produced, more than twice as broad as long. Vertex pale, heavily marked with reddish punctate spots. Pronotum yellow to tawny, the anterior margin often appearing reddish. Scutellum pale, basal angles darker, central portion marked with many reddish punctate spots. Elytra milky white with reddish coloration on basal two-thirds, the claval area mostly white. The elytra heavily punctate, face tawny—heavily irrorate with red." — DeLong, 1942
Range
southwestern U.S.; Mexico