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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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Graphocephala ? - Graphocephala coccinea
Copyright © 2012 Tamra F

Graphocephala ? - Graphocephala coccinea
Red Butte Gardens, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
October 14, 2012
I noticed this little guy while taking photos of another insect. I almost didn't check it out, thinking it to be a plain green leafhopper. Glad I did, it is beautiful!
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Contributed by Tamra F on 14 October, 2012 - 5:52pm
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, 16 January, 2015 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 November, 2012 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Graphocephala
This is a new state record - in fact, whatever species it is, it is far outside its natural range (eastern states, SE Canada). The only ones found in the west are G. fennahi on planted rhododendrons on the west coast, and G. versuta in the extreme southwest; and this is not either of those species. I presume that it was accidentally imported to Red Butte Gardens on ornamental plants.
… Andy Hamilton, 2 November, 2012 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
So interesting!
Thanks for that insight.
… Tamra F, 2 November, 2012 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 October, 2012 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

Read the info page...
...HERE. The Size and See Also fields will provide some information about getting these identified to species. It seems that the exact size is rather important. I have one or two of these in limbo right now...

Great picture!
… Ron M., 14 October, 2012 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron!
I wish there was a way to measure these all little guys out in the field. If only they would sit still for me! Thank you for the reference page.
… Tamra F, 14 October, 2012 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Indirect measuring
Sometimes there are enough "landmarks" on the twig or leaf you photograph them on that you can put a ruler on it after they escape, take a picture of that, and do some arithmetic later to deduce the bug's size. I carry a sawed-off transparent millimeter ruler. A 6-cm length of ruler fits easily in a pants pocket.
… R. Berg, 14 October, 2012 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
What a
great tip. Thanks!
… Tamra F, 14 October, 2012 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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