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Potato leafhopper

Empoasca fabae (Harris, 1841)

Status not recordedinsects

The potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) is a species in the family Cicadellidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 17 countries, including Argentina, Australia and Bermuda.

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Quick facts about the potato leafhopper

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
17 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the potato leafhopper live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The potato leafhopper is listed for 17 countries.

ArgentinaMexicoBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaGuatemalaPuerto RicoCubaKuwaitSouth KoreaIndiaIranPolandAustraliaSri LankaTaiwan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Australia
  3. Bermuda
  4. Bolivia
  5. Colombia
  6. Costa Rica
  7. Cuba
  8. Guatemala
  9. India
  10. Iran
  11. Kuwait
  12. Mexico
  13. Poland
  14. Puerto Rico
  15. South Korea
  16. Sri Lanka
  17. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the potato leafhopper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the potato leafhopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCicadellidae
  6. genusEmpoasca
  7. SpeciesEmpoasca fabae (Harris, 1841)

Synonyms Chloroneura malefica, Chloroneura malifica, Empoa albipicta, Empoa albopicta, Empoa fabae, Empoasca abae, Empoasca consobrina, Empoasca fobae, Empoasca mali, Empoasca malis, Empoasca nabae, Empoasca viridescens, Empoasca viridiscens, Empoasca viriedescens, Erythroneura fabae, Tettigonia fabae, Tettigonia mali, Typhlocyba fabae

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Cotorrita de la papaSpanish
  • Cicadelle de la pomme de terreFrench
  • Цикадка картофельнаяRussian
  • 小綠葉蟬Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the potato leafhopper

Other species in the same genus Empoasca.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the potato leafhopper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the potato leafhopper for 17 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Bolivia and Colombia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the potato leafhopper?

The potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) belongs to the family Cicadellidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/empoasca-fabae

MLA

“Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/empoasca-fabae.

BibTeX
@misc{empoasca_fabae_2026,
  title = {Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/empoasca-fabae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}