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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) » Evacanthinae » Evacanthini » Evacanthus

Genus Evacanthus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification
Unknown hopper - Great Smoky Mountains - Evacanthus bellaustralis Which Leafhopper is this? - Evacanthus grandipes leafhopper - Evacanthus acuminatus Evacanthus nigramericanus - female Evacanthus nigramericanus - female Evacanthus ?? - Evacanthus emilus Leafhopper - Evacanthus acuminatus leafhopper - Evacanthus nigramericanus
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 Evacanthinae
Tribe Evacanthini
Genus Evacanthus
Explanation of Names
Evacanthus Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828
Numbers
at least 9 species in our area
Evacanthus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1794): eastern U.S. and Canada; Europe
Evacanthus bellaustralis Hamilton, 1983: NC, TN
Evacanthus chlamidatus Hamilton, 1983: NC
Evacanthus emilus (Bliven, 1955): CA
Evacanthus grandipes Hamilton, 1983: AK, BC
Evacanthus interruptus (Linnaeus, 1758): NB [introduced from Europe]
Evacanthus lacunar Hamilton, 1983: OR
Evacanthus nigramericanus Hamilton, 1983: IA, MN, NC, NH
Evacanthus ustanucha Hamilton, 1983: NC
Identification
note the arrow-shaped set of ridges on the top of the head
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 July, 2006 - 2:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 5 January, 2025 - 6:36pm

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