Agallia Explained

Agallia is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about eight described species in Agallia.^{[1] [2] [3]} During courtship displays and mating, both males and females of the species A. constricta alternate in making ticking sounds.^[4]

Species

• Agallia barretti
• Agallia brachyptera
• Agallia constricta Van Duzee, 1894 (constricted leafhopper)
• Agallia deleta
• Agallia lingula Van Duzee, 1907
• Agallia lingulata
• Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1898
• Agallia peregrinans (Stal, 1859)
• Agallia quadripunctata (Provancher, 1872) (four-spotted clover leafhopper)

Further reading

• Book: Arnett, Ross H.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press..
• Dmitriev D. 2009. Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe. ZooKeys. 29. 13–33. 10.3897/zookeys.29.223. free.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Agallia Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-06.
2. Web site: Agallia Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-06.
3. Web site: Agallia Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-06.
4. Sounds and Associated Behavior of Agallia constricta and Agalliopsis novella (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1976 . Shaw . Kenneth . 49 . 1 . 1–17 . 2021-06-05 .