Species

Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841)

potato leafhopper

Pygofer, lateral view on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).

Subgenital plate on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Subgenital plate. (Observation).

Stylus on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Stylus. (Observation).

Aedeagus, lateral view on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).

Aedeagus, ventral view on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).

Connective on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Connective. (Observation).

Connective on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): (Observation).

Forewing on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Forewing. (Observation).

Forewing on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): (Observation).

Hind wing on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Hind wing. (Observation).

Hind wing on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): (Observation).

Head on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Head and thorax. (Observation).

Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Abdomen, sternal apodemes. (Observation).

Pygofer appendages on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Pygofer appendages (dorsal and ventral). (Observation).

Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Pygofer, dorsal view. (Observation).

Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): (Observation).

Anal tube processes on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): (Observation).

Other on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Labels. Labels for the specimen used for the dorsal, lateral and face images. (Observation).

Other on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Labels. Labels for the Striped specimen used for the dorsal, lateral and face images. (Observation).

Nymph on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): (Observation).

Habitus, lateral view on Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841): Habitus, lateral view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (39)

Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841a: 186.
Erythroneura fabae (Harris, 1841) in Fitch, 1851a: 63.
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Typhlocyba fabae (Harris, 1841) in Walker, 1851b: 905.
Tettigonia mali Le Baron, 1853a: 330.
Chloroneura malefica Walsh, 1862a: 147.
Empoasca consobrina Walsh, 1862a: 149.
Empoasca viridescens Walsh, 1862a: 149.
Empoa fabae (Harris, 1841) in Walsh, 1862a: 149.
Empoa albopicta Forbes, 1884a: 181.
Empoasca fabae (Harris, 1841) in Woodworth, 1889a: 213.
Empoa albipicta [sic] (Forbes, 1884) in Osborn, 1892a: 125.
Empoa albipicta [sic] (Forbes, 1884) (misspelling of Empoa albopicta Forbes, 1884) in Osborn, 1892a: 125.
Empoa albopicta Forbes, 1884 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia mali Le Baron, 1853) in Osborn, 1896b: 603.
Empoasca flavescens Gillette, 1898 non Fabricius, 1794 in Gillette, 1898a: 725.
Empoasca flavescens Gillette, 1898 non Fabricius, 1794 (misapplication, linked to Cicada flavescens Fabricius, 1794)
Empoasca consobrina Walsh, 1862 (subjective synonym of Empoasca viridescens Walsh, 1862) in Gillette, 1898a: 747.
Empoasca malis [sic] Le Baron, 1853 in DeLong, 1916a: 99.
Empoasca malis [sic] Le Baron, 1853 (misspelling of Tettigonia mali Le Baron, 1853) in DeLong, 1916a: 99.
Empoasca mali (Le Baron, 1853) in Sanders & DeLong, 1917a: 93.
Empoasca viriedescens [sic] Walsh, 1862 in Johnson & Ledig, 1918a: 7.
Empoasca viriedescens [sic] Walsh, 1862 (misspelling of Empoasca viridescens Walsh, 1862) in Johnson & Ledig, 1918a: 7.
Empoasca viridiscens [sic] Walsh, 1862 in Osborn, 1921: 14.
Empoasca viridiscens [sic] Walsh, 1862 (misspelling of Empoasca viridescens Walsh, 1862) in Osborn, 1921: 14.
Chloroneura malifica [sic] (Le Baron, 1853) in Ball, 1924a: 596.
Chloroneura malifica [sic] (Le Baron, 1853) (misspelling of Tettigonia mali Le Baron, 1853) in Ball, 1924a: 596.
Empoa albopicta Forbes, 1884 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Granovsky, 1926b: 413.
Tettigonia mali Le Baron, 1853 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Osborn, 1926c: 353.
Chloroneura malefica Walsh, 1862 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Leonard, 1928a: 174.
Empoasca consobrina Walsh, 1862 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Leonard, 1928a: 174.
Empoasca viridescens Walsh, 1862 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Leonard, 1928a: 174.
Tettigonia mali Le Baron, 1853 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Leonard, 1928a: 174.
Empoasca fobae [sic] Harris, 1841 in Bird, 1930a: 434.
Empoasca fobae [sic] Harris, 1841 (misspelling of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Bird, 1930a: 434.
Empoasca flavescens Gillette, 1898 non Fabricius, 1794 (unavailable, linked to Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in DeLong, 1931b: 47.
Empoasca (Empoasca) fabae (Harris, 1841) in DeLong, 1931b: 47.
Empoasca nabae [sic] Harris, 1841 in Seabra, 1939a: 93.
Empoasca nabae [sic] Harris, 1841 (misspelling of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Seabra, 1939a: 93.

Empoasca abae [sic] Harris, 1841 in Wheeler, 1942a: 69.
Empoasca abae [sic] Harris, 1841 (misspelling of Tettigonia fabae Harris, 1841) in Wheeler, 1942a: 69.

Nomenclature references (23)

Ball, E.D. (1924a) The correct names of the leafhoppers infesting the apple and potato. Journal of Economic Entomology, 17, 594–600.
Bird, R.D. (1930a) Biotic communities of the aspen parkland of central Canada. Ecology, 11, 356–442.
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de Seabra, A.F. (1939a) A entomologia do trigo. Arquivos da Secção de Biologia e Parasitologia, 3, i-xiv, 1–696.

DeLong, D.M. (1916a) The leafhoppers or Jassoidea of Tennessee. Bulletin of the Tennessee State Board of Entomology, 5(2), 1–113.

DeLong, D.M. (1931b) A revision of the American species of Empoasca known to occur north of Mexico. Technical Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture, 231, 1–59.

Fabricius, J.C. (1794) Ryngota. In Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta: secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. hrist. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Vol. 4, pp. 1–57. [472 pp.]

Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.

Forbes, S.A. (1884a) "The green apple leafhopper." In Insects injurious to the apple. Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois, 13, 181–183, pl. xiv.

Gillette, C.P. (1898a) American leaf-hoppers of the subfamily Typhlocybinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 20(1138), 709–773.

Granovsky, A.A. (1926b) Studies on leafhopper injury to apple leaves. Phytopathology, 16, 413–422.

Harris, T.W. (1841a) Harvest flies, etc. (Hemiptera Homoptera). In A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston. Cambridge, MA. Vol. 1841, pp. 164–186. [459 pp.]

Johnson, C. & Ledig, R. (1918a) Tentative list of Hemiptera from the Claremont-Laguna region. Journal of Entomology and Zoology, 10, 3–8.

Le Baron, W. (1853a) Observations upon two species of insects injurious to fruit trees. The Prairie Farmer. A Weekly Journal Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics, Education, Home Interest, General News, Markets, etc., etc., 13, 330–331.

Leonard, M.D. (1928a) A list of the insects of New york with a list of the spiders and certain other allied groups: Families Cercopidae, Membracidae, and Cicadellidae. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 101, 145–176.

Osborn, H. (1892a) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 1(2), 120–131.

Osborn, H. (1896b) Notes on injurious insects. A new pest of potatoes. Bulletin of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 33, 603–605.

Osborn, H. (1921) Homoptera of Florida. Florida Entomologist, 5, 1–19.

Osborn, H. (1926c) Faunistic and ecologic notes on Cuban Homoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 19, 335–366 + pls. 30–31.

Sanders, J.G. & DeLong, D.M. (1917a) The Cicadellidae (Jassoidea-Fam. Homoptera) of Wisconsin, with description of new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 10, 79–95 + pls. 8–9.

Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.

Walsh, B.D. (1862a) Fire blight. Two new foes of the apple and pear. Prairie Farmer. (N.S.)., 10, 147–149.

Wheeler, N.H. (1942a) Trap-light studies on leafhoppers of the genus Empoasca (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), 1932-1941. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 44, 69–72.
Woodworth, C.W. (1889a) North American Typhlocybini. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 5, 211–214.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: bean-vine

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	20	21