Graphocephala fennahi
| Rhododendron Leafhopper | |
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| Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) | |
| 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 | |
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]
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Front view
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Rhododendron leafhopper mating
Notes
- ↑ http://www.britishbugs.org
- ↑ Sprynar, P. (2005). "First Records of the Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) from the Czech Republic". Plant Protection Science 41: 38–41.
- ↑ Sergel, R. (1987). "On the occurrence and ecology of the Rhododendron-leafhopper,Graphocephala fennahi young 1977, in the Western Palaearctic region (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)". Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde Pflanzenschutz Umweltschutz 60 (7): 134. doi:10.1007/BF01907495.
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