Leafhoppers and Sharpshooters (Family Cicadellidae) Photo Gallery by lejun at pbase.com

Leafhoppers and Sharpshooters (Family Cicadellidae)

Distinguished from other related insects by:
Thickened part of the antennae is very short and ends with a bristle (arista)
Two simple eyes are present on the top of front of the head (br) The tarsi are made up of 3 segments
The femora are at the front with weak spines
The base of the middle legs is close together where they originate under the thorax
Sharpshooters force water droplets out of the tip of the abdomen with and audible popping noise

Colladonus spp.	Negosiana miliaris (Prairiana miliaris)	Gyponana salsa	Gyponana spp.	Graphocephala spp.	Paraphlepsius fulvidorsum
Paraphlepsius fulvidorsum	Paraphlepsius fulvidorsum	Graphocephala coccinea	Graphocephala coccinea	Coppery Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria)	Cuerna obesa
Cuerna obesa	Cuerna spp.	Stirellus bicolor	Woodland Leafhopper (Tylozygus bifidus)	Coelidia olitoria	Coelidia olitoria
Scaphytopius spp.	Oncopsis sobria	Mensoma cincta	Paraphlepsius spp.	Gyponana geminata	Brown-backed Green Leafhopper Ponana pectoralis
Leafhopper "Bubble Bath"	Bandara spp.	Leafhopper (Coelidia) (Nymph)	Homalodisca insolital

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