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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 » Xyphon » Bermudagrass Leafhopper (Xyphon reticulatum)

Species Xyphon reticulatum - Bermudagrass Leafhopper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Tribe Cicadellini
Genus Xyphon
Species reticulatum (Bermudagrass Leafhopper)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xyphon sagittiferum (Uhler 1895)(1)
Explanation of Names
Xyphon reticulatum (Signoret 1854)
Size
6 mm
Identification
coloration highly variable, with wings from green to almost black(2)
Range
se. US (TX-FL-GA) to Brazil / W. Indies - Map (3); introduced to w. Africa and many Pacific islands(2)
Season
Mar-Oct
Food
host: bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)(2)
Internet References
Species page(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the New World sharpshooter genus Xyphon Hamilton (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
Catanach T.A., Dietrich C.H., Woolley J.B. 2013. Zootaxa 3741: 490-510.
2.Wilson M.R., Turner J.A., McKamey S.H. (2009) Sharpshooter leafhoppers of the world (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 October, 2006 - 6:21pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 November, 2020 - 6:14pm

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