Dotted grass chirp

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Dotted grass chirp
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Dotted grass chirp ( Graphocraerus ventralis )

Systematics
Subordination : Risso cicadas (Cicadomorpha)
Family : Dwarf cicadas (Cicadellidae)
Subfamily : Chirping (deltocephalinae)
Tribe : Athysanini
Genre : Graphocraerus
Type : Dotted grass chirp
Scientific name
Graphocraerus ventralis
( Fallén , 1806)
nymph

The dotted grass chirp ( Graphocraerus ventralis ) is a dwarf cicada from the subfamily of the chirps (Deltocephalinae).

features

The dotted grass chirp has a length of 4.5–6 mm. The medium-sized cicadas are predominantly yellow-green in color. They have four small black spots that lie on a line across the vertex . Two to four more small black spots are in the front area of ​​the pronotum . The label has no marks or marks. The fore wings reach the end of the abdomen in the males , while they are shortened in the females.

distribution

The species is widespread in Europe. They occur in the north as far as northern England and Scandinavia, and in the south as far as the Mediterranean. In the east the distribution area extends from Graphocraerus ventralis to Siberia.

Way of life

Open land locations form the habitat of the cicada species. Various sweet grasses (Poaceae) belong to the forage plants of the spotted grass chirp . The adult cicadas can be seen from mid-May to early September. The species forms one generation per year and hibernates as an egg.

Taxonomy

The following synonyms can be found in the literature :

  • Cicada ventralis Fallén , 1806
  • Jassus punctifrons Germar , 1821

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Graphocraerus ventralis . British bugs. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c Graphocraerus ventralis in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved May 20, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c Herbert Nickel, Reinhard Remane: Check list of the planthoppers and leafhoppers of Germany, with notes on food plants, diet width, life cycles, geographic range and conservation status (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha) . www.academia.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ A b c Niedringhaus R., Biedermann R., Nickel H .: Distribution of the cicadas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - Atlas ribbon . Ferrantia 61, Musée national d'histoire naturelle, Luxembourg. October 6, 2010.

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