Stats

Lifespan

Up to 1 yr

Size

Small

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

North America

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Warning Colors

Status

Common

About

The red-banded leafhopper is a small, wedge-shaped insect boldly striped in turquoise-blue and scarlet-red, common on garden and woodland plants across North America. It pierces plant tissue to feed on sap and can leap or fly away in an instant when disturbed.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Graphocephala

Species

Graphocephala coccinea