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Genus Xerophloea

green, fish-shaped, orange eyes - Xerophloea

Xerophloea viridis? - Xerophloea peltata

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

Explanation of Names

Xerophloea Germar 1839

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, 12 total

Range

in our area:

X. foveolata sw.US to TX

X. majesta se. & c.US

Xerophloea major e. & c.US

X. peltata w. & c.US

X. viridis s.US, transcontinental

Food

grasses and sedges

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 30 January, 2007 - 4:48pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 21 April, 2024 - 6:53pm

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