Graphocephala fennahi

Rhododendron leafhopper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:	Membracoidea
Family:	Cicadellidae
Genus:	Graphocephala
Species:	G. fennahi
Binomial name
	Graphocephala fennahi; Young, 1977

Graphocephala fennahi (rhododendron leafhopper) is a species of shield bug native to the United States. Its common name derives from it feeding on the sap of rhododendrons.^[1] The species was introduced to Great Britain in the 1930s and continental Europe in the 1970s.^[2] There has been suggestion that the rhododendron leafhopper contributes to the spread of a rhododendron fungus through Europe.^[3]

Front view
Rhododendron leafhoppers mating

Notes

↑ http://www.britishbugs.org
↑ Sprynar, P. (2005). "First Records of the Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) from the Czech Republic" (PDF). Plant Protection Science. 41: 38–41.
↑ Sergel, R. (1987). "On the occurrence and ecology of the Rhododendron-leafhopper,Graphocephala fennahi young 1977, in the Western Palaearctic region (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)". Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde Pflanzenschutz Umweltschutz. 60 (7): 134. doi:10.1007/BF01907495.

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[2] Sprynar, P. (2005). "First Records of the Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) from the Czech Republic" (PDF). Plant Protection Science. 41: 38–41.

[3] Sergel, R. (1987). "On the occurrence and ecology of the Rhododendron-leafhopper,Graphocephala fennahi young 1977, in the Western Palaearctic region (Homoptera, Cicadellidae)". Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde Pflanzenschutz Umweltschutz. 60 (7): 134. doi:10.1007/BF01907495.