Empoasca | |
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Empoasca cf. decipiens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Subfamily: | Typhlocybinae |
Tribe: | Empoascini |
Genus: | Empoasca Walsh, 1862 |
Empoasca is a genus of leafhoppers belonging to the family Cicadellidae subfamily Typhlocybinae.
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