Comments for Very small beetle-like insect; light green with red stripes (Red Banded Leafhopper)

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Very small beetle-like insect; light green with red stripes (Red Banded Leafhopper)

Thank you
by: Anonymous

Thank you, Moni for identifying this insect for me. The reason for my request was to determine whether they could be another culprit causing holes in the hosta leaves besides slugs. You have kindly given me that information too. Thanks again!

Red banded leafhopper
by: Moni

Sandy
I believe this is the red banded leafhopper also called the candystriped leafhopper. However there has been some discussion on one of the other Insect Id photos just which species it is. It may be one of the other species, but they all do the same type of damage.
They do not chew holes they suck juices from plants, so it is not the one feeding on your hostas. Could your feeding be from slugs?

Here is the discussion from the other photo of a critter like yours:
I was going to say red banded leafhopper also but as you mention there are several that look similar. I think that may be what yours is.
One that looks similar on Bugguide is G. fennahi but it is only found on Rhododendrons. Since you found your leafhopper on on cuke it is not that one(unless you have lots of Rhodo's nearby?) It could also be G. teliformis.
Good luck with your search! Let us know what it is?
You could always send a photo to Bugguide for species id as there are some leafhopper specialists that view that site to ID insects better than I can. I am a generalist not a specialist on any insect group.
Here is the Bugguide site for the genus yours would be in if you want to look further.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/332/bgimage
Here is another site with a few of the species.
http://www.insectsofwestvirginia.net/h/graphocephala.html

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Sandy I believe this is the red banded leafhopper also called the candystriped leafhopper. However there has been some discussion on one of the other Insect Id photos just which species it is. It may be one of the other species, but they all do the same type of damage. They do not chew holes they suck juices from plants, so it is not the one feeding on your hostas. Could your feeding be from slugs? Here is the discussion from the other photo of a critter like yours: I was going to say red banded leafhopper also but as you mention there are several that look similar. I think that may be what yours is. One that looks similar on Bugguide is G. fennahi but it is only found on Rhododendrons. Since you found your leafhopper on on cuke it is not that one(unless you have lots of Rhodo's nearby?) It could also be G. teliformis. Good luck with your search! Let us know what it is? You could always send a photo to Bugguide for species id as there are some leafhopper specialists that view that site to ID insects better than I can. I am a generalist not a specialist on any insect group. Here is the Bugguide site for the genus yours would be in if you want to look further. http://bugguide.net/node/view/332/bgimage Here is another site with a few of the species. http://www.insectsofwestvirginia.net/h/graphocephala.html Read more: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/green-and-red-with-yellow-head-flying.html#ixzz0PjFQEJT3

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