| Rhododendron Leafhopper | |
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| Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Membracoidea |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Graphocephala |
| Species: | G. fennahi |
| Binomial name | |
| Graphocephala fennahi Young, 1977 |
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The Rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi), so named as it feeds on the sap of rhododendrons,[1] is native to the USA. The species was introduced to Great Britain in the 1930s and continental Europe in the 1970s.[2] There has been suggestion that the rhododendron leafhopper contributes to the spread of a Rhododendron fungus through Europe.[3]