Graphocephala

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Graphocephala
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Graphocephala coccinea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Tribe: Cicadellini
Genus: Graphocephala
Van Duzee, 1916
Type species
Cicada coccinea
Forster, 1771

Graphocephala is a large genus of leafhoppers, found from southern Canada to northern South America. [1] [2]

Species

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References

  1. Young, David A. (1977). Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the Genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin, number 239. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.
  2. Godoy, Carolina; Villalobos, William (2006). "Two new species of Graphocephala Van Duzee from Costa Rica (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)". Zootaxa. 1296: 61–68. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.192.8175 . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1298.1.6.