Species Gypona vexana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range

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 Gypona

No Taxon (Subgenus Obtusana)

Species vexana (Gypona vexana)

Explanation of Names

Gypona vexana (DeLong, 1942)

Size

8mm

Identification

"Related to melanota but with marc produced vertex and with different genitalia. Vertex produced, apex rounded, more than half as long at middle as basal width between the eyes, and more than half as long as pronotum. Male shining black on vertex, pronotum, and scutellum; lateral margins of pronotum yellow. Elytra smoky with dark veins." — DeLong, 1942

Range

western U.S.

Contributed by v belov on 14 March, 2012 - 3:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, antarctica
Last updated 25 November, 2020 - 4:47pm

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