Ledra aurita (Cicadellidae) - Echte Ohrzikade

Description:

I was lucky to spot the eared leafhopper - while starring at stands of old European beech (Fagus sylvatica), the branches covered with moss & lichen.L: 13-18 mmPhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Hemiptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha DUMRIL, 1806 (cicadas & leafhoppers)Infraorder: Cicadomorpha [Syn.: Clypeorrhyncha] (Rundkopfzikaden)Superfamily: Membracoidea RAFINESQUE, 1815Family: Cicadellidae LATREILLE, 1802 (leafhoppers, Zwergzikaden oder Kleinzikaden)Subfamily: LedrinaeTribus: Ledrini FAIRMAIRE, 1855Genus: Ledra FABRICIUS, 1803Ledra aurita LINNAEUS, 1758 (Eared Leafhopper, Echte Ohrzikade)Some info: www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Ledra_aurit...Germany, N-Hesse, vic. Kassel: Oberes Firnsbachtal, 410m asl., 07.08.2016IMG_9091