Planicephalus flavocostatus (Planicephalus flavocostatus)

Leafhopper - Planicephalus flavocostatus Tiny, nearly black leafhopper with a yellow stripe on the costa.

Habitat: Attracted to a light in a semi-rural area Cicadellidae,Geotagged,Planicephalus,Planicephalus flavocostatus,Summer,United States,leafhopper

Appearance

Adult: dark brown to blackish with yellow strip along anterior two-thirds of costa, terminating in a short white oblique dash; another short white dash nearer to wingtip, projecting at right-angles in from costa; several whitish dots on front of head; legs pale brown; eyes large, dark brown

Leafhopper - Planicephalus flavocostatus Tiny, nearly black leafhopper with a yellow stripe on the costa - I had to lighten the shadows quite a bit to be able to see the details.

Habitat: Attracted to a moth light in a rural area Deltocephalus,Deltocephalus flavocostatus,Geotagged,Planicephalus,Planicephalus flavocostatus,Summer,United States,leafhopper

Naming

Planicephalus flavocostatus (Van Duzee 1892)

The epithet refers to the yellow strip on the forewing's costal margin

Planicephalus flavocostatus Deltocephalus,Deltocephalus flavocostatus,Geotagged,Planicephalus,Planicephalus flavocostatus,Summer,United States,leafhopper

Distribution

Eastern U.S. and Canada. Kramer reported the species from New York and New Jersey south to Florida, west to Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.

Cultural

A vector of maize chlorotic dwarf waikavirus.

References:

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https://bugguide.net/node/view/17004
https://www.cabi.org/ISC/abstract/19952305394

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadellidae
Genus	Planicephalus
Species	Planicephalus flavocostatus

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United States of America