species

Matsumurasca (Solanasca) solana (DeLong, 1931)

southern garden leafhopper

Descendants and synonyms

Empoasca (Empoasca) solana DeLong, 1931b: 50.
Holotype; male; 34dc3577-ee9f-451d-a744-3a6295fa686e; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A., Louisiana: collected on potato at Baton Rouge, May 16, 1922, by C.E. Smith
Solanasca solana (DeLong, 1931) in Ghauri, 1974a: 427.

Matsumurasca (Solanasca) solana (DeLong, 1931) in Xu, Dietrich, Zhang, Dmitriev, Zhang, Wang, Lu & Qin, 2021: 280.
Empoasca solana DeLong, 1931 in Martins, Nuñez, Queiroz, Fornazier, Culik & Ventura, 2025: 5.

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.
Ghauri, M.S.K. (1974a) The solana-group of Empoasca Walsh (Homoptera, Cicadelloidea): its generic status and a new species from pawpaw. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 63, 425–429.

Martins, D.dos S., Nuñez, E.E.D., Queiroz, R.B., Fornazier, M.J., Culik, M.P. & Ventura, J.A. (2025) Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) associated with papaya and the first record of Empoasca prona Davidson & DeLong infesting the plant. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, Goiânia, 55, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-40632025v5582795
Xu, Y., Dietrich, C.H., Zhang, Y.-L., Dmitriev, D.A., Zhang, L., Wang, Y.-M., Lu, S.-H. & Qin, D.-Z. (2021) Phylogeny of the tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) based on morphological characteristics, with reclassification of the Empoasca generic group. Systematic Entomology, 46, 266–286, 4 supplements. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12461

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

on Solanum L. (Solanaceae)

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	3	4