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Proconiini
The name sharpshooter is used to refer to any of various genera and species of large leafhoppers in the tribe Proconiini of the family Cicadellidae. As with all cicadellids, they have piercing-sucking mouthparts and closely spaced rows of fine spines on their hind legs. The nymphs feed by inserting their needle-like mouthparts into the xylem of the small stems on the plant where the eggs were deposited; the adults have wings and are highly mobile, and...
60 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
Homalodisca
genusHomalodisca
Oncometopia
genusOncometopia
Cuerna
genusCuerna
Paraulacizes
genusParaulacizes
Acrogonia
genusAcrogonia
Diestostemma
genusDiestostemma
Aulacizes
genusAulacizes
Tretogonia
genusTretogonia
Raphirhinus
genusRaphirhinus
Molomea
genusMolomea
Pseudophera
genusPseudophera
Abana
genusAbana
Teletusa
genusTeletusa
Phera
genusPhera
Proconia
genusProconia
Tapajosa
genusTapajosa
Egidemia
genusEgidemia
Cyrtodisca
genusCyrtodisca
Zyzzogeton
genusZyzzogeton
Pseudometopia
genusPseudometopia
Cicciana
genusCicciana
Deselvana
genusDeselvana
Acrocampsa
genusAcrocampsa
Dechacona
genusDechacona
Ichthyobelus
genusIchthyobelus
Paracrocampsa
genusParacrocampsa
Homoscarta
genusHomoscarta
Dictyodisca
genusDictyodisca
Dichrophleps
genusDichrophleps
Ochrostacta
genusOchrostacta
Proconosama
genusProconosama
Stictoscarta
genusStictoscarta
Hyogonia
genusHyogonia
Acrobelus
genusAcrobelus
Peltocheirus
genusPeltocheirus
Amblydisca
genusAmblydisca
Procandea
genusProcandea
Anacuerna
genusAnacuerna
Splonia
genusSplonia
Ciccus
genusCiccus
Desamera
genusDesamera
Propetes
genusPropetes
Omagua
genusOmagua
Yunga
genusYunga
Mareba
genusMareba
Depanana
genusDepanana
Brevimetopia
genusBrevimetopia
Catorthorrhinus
genusCatorthorrhinus
Ciccamera
genusCiccamera
Proconobola
genusProconobola
Anacrocampsa
genusAnacrocampsa
Procama
genusProcama
Paraquichira
genusParaquichira
Quichira
genusQuichira
Proconopera
genusProconopera
Yotala
genusYotala
Cleusiana
genusCleusiana
Depanisca
genusDepanisca
Ectypus
genusEctypus
Lojata
genusLojata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 492220.