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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) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Cicadellini » Graphocephala » subgenus Graphocephala (Graphocephala subgenus Graphocephala) » Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
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Unknown - Graphocephala coccinea
Copyright © 2012 TracyLynn

Unknown - Graphocephala coccinea
Shannon, Carroll County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2012
This insect was on a sunflower leaf. It appeared to have something on the tip (end) of it that looked as though it would intermittently light up. Does anyone know what this is?
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Contributed by TracyLynn on 1 July, 2012 - 11:44pm
Last updated 11 July, 2020 - 9:31am

Moved
Moved from "Group" Graphocephala.
… Kyle Kittelberger, 11 July, 2020 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Graphocephala.
… John S. Ascher, 2 November, 2014 - 6:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 July, 2012 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

Thank you! That helped tremen
Thank you! That helped tremendously. It is a Red-banded Leafhopper - Graphocephala coccinea
… TracyLynn, 1 July, 2012 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

 
By coincidence...
I took a picture of one of these today.

I also took a picture of a smaller species of leafhopper, Graphocephala versuta (I think). In that photo, you can see the red tail of the first leafhopper sticking up over a leaf. You can also see a water drop just released from the tail of the smaller leafhopper. This is where they get the name sharpshooter -- it makes a noise -- a pop or a crack -- when they do that.
… Bob Webster, 2 July, 2012 - 2:31am login or register to post comments

Leafhopper
I believe that's a leafhopper, maybe Graphocephala genus.
… Bob Webster, 1 July, 2012 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

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