Cicadellinae

Cicadellinae
Cicadella viridis (type species)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	CicadellinaeLatreille, 1825

Cicadellinae^[1] is a leafhopper subfamily, currently (2025) containing five tribes.^[2]

Tribes and genera

Mating pair of Bothrogonia ferruginea, known as tsumaguro-ōyokobai in Japan

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database^[2] includes:

CicadelliniLatreille, 1825

Selected genera:

• Bothrogonia
• Cicadella
• Cofana
• Graphocephala

Makilingiini Evans, 1947

1. MakilingiaBaker, 1914

Phereurhinini Kramer, 1976

1. ClydachaMelichar, 1926
2. DayoungiaKramer, 1976
3. PhereurhinusJacobi, 1905

ProconiiniStål, 1869 (Sharpshooters)

Selected genera:

• Homalodisca
• Zyzzogeton

Tungurahualini Dietrich, 2011

1. IlyapaDietrich, 2011
2. TungurahualaKramer, 1965

Incertae sedis

• HomalogoniellaMelichar, 1924
• Others (under review)

References

1. Latreille PA (1825) Seconde section. Homoptères. Homoptera. In Familles naturelles du règne animal: exposées succinctement et dans un ordre analytique, avec l'indication de leurs genres. J.-B. Baillière & Baudouin Frères, Paris. Nouvelle éd., pp. 426–428. (1824; 570 pp.) DOI
2. World Auchenorrhyncha Database: subfamily Cicadellinae Latreille, 1825 (retrieved 28 December 2025)

External links

• Media related to Cicadellinae at Wikimedia Commons