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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) » Flat-headed Leafhoppers (Ledrinae) » Xerophloea » Xerophloea majesta

Species Xerophloea majesta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season
Leafhopper nymph - Xerophloea majesta Xerophloea - Xerophloea majesta Flat headed leafhopper - Xerophloea majesta Flat headed leafhopper - Xerophloea majesta Xerophloea from North Central TX - Xerophloea majesta Xerophloea from North Central TX - Xerophloea majesta
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 Ledrinae (Flat-headed Leafhoppers)
Genus Xerophloea
Species majesta (Xerophloea majesta)
Explanation of Names
Xerophloea majesta (Lawson, 1931)
Size
♂ 6.6-7.4mm, ♀ 7.5-8.3mm
Identification
"Crown with anterior margin distinctly angulate (much more so than in major) strongly produced anteriorly; interocular width about 1.5 times median length. Pronotum with median length about equal to or slightly greater than median length of crown, distinctly broader than basal half of head. Entire body uniformly punctate. Male uniformly green except for fuscous longitudinal median band on crown and pronotum, female uniformly green. [...] This species related to major can be separated by the distinct angulate anterior margin of crown." — Nielson, 1962
Range
Ohio to Mexico; most abundant in Kansas and Texas
Season
has been collected from January to October
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 5 September, 2012 - 3:45pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 4 March, 2021 - 4:53pm

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