| Yelahanka | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Ledrinae |
| Genus: | Yelahanka Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021 |
Yelahanka is a genus of leafhopper belonging to the tribe Ledrini. The genus name was derived from Yelahanka, the suburban locality of Bangalore where the type species Petalocephala bainbriggei described by W L Distant in 1916 was found breeding on trees of Polyalthia longifolia . [1]