Painted Leafhopper (Endria inimica)

Appearance

Easily recognized by having a pair of black spots on the head; a pair on the pronotum; and a pair on the base of the scutellum.

Painted Leafhopper - Endria inimica Habitat: Attracted to a light in a semi-rural area
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Naming

Endria inimicus (Say 1830)
Deltacephalus inimicus (Say)
Polyamia inimicus (Say)

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Distribution

Across US & Canada except the southwest.

Habitat

Lawns, grasslands, wheat fields

Reproduction

There are two generations per year, the first completing development on grasses about 1 July and the second developing mainly on cereals in summer. E. inimica has a high rate of development at 90° F.; the lower limit is near 60° F. At 80 ± 5° F. the life cycle was completed in 45.8 days. In the field, in summer, the life cycle was completed in 42 days.

Food

Grasses including cultivarted wheat and other small grains.

Cultural

It is the only known vector of wheat striate mosaic virus (WSMV) in North America.

References:

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https://bugguide.net/node/view/23114
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/abs/painted-leafhopper-endria-inimica-say-a-vector-of-wheat-striate-mosaic-virus-in-manitoba1/2930F02C0FD551CAD15DA18C8EF62837
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3626012
https://extension.colostate.edu/docs/pubs/insect/05608.pdf
https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/ENDIIN

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadellidae
Genus	Endria
Species	Endria inimica

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United States of America