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Agallia Viraktamathi
''Agallia'' is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about eight described species in ''Agallia''. During courtship displays and mating, both males and females of the species ''A. constricta'' alternate in making ticking sounds. Species * ''Agallia barretti'' * ''Agallia brachyptera'' * ''Agallia constricta'' Van Duzee, 1894 (constricted leafhopper) * ''Agallia deleta'' * ''Agallia lingula'' Van Duzee, 1907 * ''Agallia lingulata'' * ''Agallia modesta'' Osborn & Ball, 1898 * ''Agallia peregrinans'' (Stal, 1859) * ''Agallia quadripunctata'' (Provancher, 1872) (four-spotted clover leafhopper) References Further reading * * Cicadellidae genera Megophthalminae {{Cicadellidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leafhopper
A leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones. They undergo a partial metamorphosis, and have various host associations, varying from very generalized to very specific. Some species have a cosmopolitan distribution, or occur throughout the temperate and tropical regions. Some are pests or vectors of plant viruses and phytoplasmas. The family is distributed all over the world, and constitutes the second-largest hemipteran family, with at least 20,000 described species. They belong to a lineage traditionally treated as infraorder Cicadomorpha in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, but as the latter taxon is probably not monophyletic, many modern au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
