Stirellus bicolor

Stirellus bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Genus: Stirellus
Species: S. bicolor
Binomial name
Stirellus bicolor
Van Duzee, 1892
Synonyms

Stirellus obtutus

Stirellus bicolor is a species of leafhopper native to North America. Two color forms are known. Adults found during the summer in hot climates are typically iridescent with prominent black stripes. Specimens in cooler climates are drab with translucent wings. The two varieties were originally thought to be separate species.[1]

Stirellus bicolor feeds on bluestem grasses and broomsedge.

References

  1. Whitcomb, R. F., Kramer, J. P., Coan, M. E. (17 July 1972). "Stirellus bicolor and S. obtutus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) : Winter and Summer Forms of a Single Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65 (4): 797–798.


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