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Species Graphocephala confluens - Willow Leafhopper

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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 Graphocephala
No Taxon (subgenus Keonolla)
Species confluens (Willow Leafhopper)
Other Common Names
Purple Sharpshooter, Willow Sharpshooter
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Graphocephala confluens, Keonolla confluens
Explanation of Names
Neokolla confluens (Uhler 1861)
Range
NA west of the Rocky Mountains
Habitat
intermontane valleys(1)
Food
feeds on leaves of poplar (Populus spp.) and possibly willow (Simko et al.)
Remarks
pest of poplars in OR (Simko et al.)
Works Cited
1.Hamilton K.G.A. (1998) "Short-Horned" Bugs (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha) [of the Montane Cordillera Ecozone]
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 11 November, 2006 - 5:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 October, 2013 - 11:51am

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