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Green leafhopper

Cicadella viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) is a species in the family Cicadellidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 54 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the green 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
54 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the green 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 green leafhopper is listed for 54 countries.

UzbekistanIndonesiaIsraelPalestineKuwaitVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaIndiaTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranSyriaArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsIrelandSri LankaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Belarus
  6. Belgium
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Croatia
  9. Czechia
  10. Denmark
  11. Estonia
  12. Finland
  13. Georgia
  14. Germany
  15. Greece
  16. Hong Kong SAR China
  17. Hungary
  18. India
  19. Indonesia
  20. Iran
  21. Ireland
  22. Israel
  23. Italy
  24. Kuwait
  25. Kyrgyzstan
  26. Latvia
  27. Lithuania
  28. Luxembourg
  29. Macao SAR China
  30. Malaysia
  31. Moldova
  32. Montenegro
  33. Netherlands
  34. North Korea
  35. Palestinian Territories
  36. Philippines
  37. Poland
  38. Romania
  39. Serbia
  40. Slovakia
Show 14 more countries
  1. Slovenia
  2. South Korea
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Sweden
  5. Switzerland
  6. Syria
  7. Taiwan
  8. Tajikistan
  9. Türkiye
  10. Turkmenistan
  11. Ukraine
  12. United Kingdom
  13. Uzbekistan
  14. Vietnam

Is the green 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 green leafhopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCicadellidae
  6. genusCicadella
  7. SpeciesCicadella viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Acopsis viridis, Amblycephalus viridis, Amblycephalus viridis viridis, Cercopis viridis, Cicada viridis, Cicadella riridis, Cicadella viridis arundinis, Cicadella viridis concolor, Cicadella viridis suffusa, Iassus viridis, Neokolla viridis, Tettigella arundinis, Tettigella viridis var. suffusa, Tettigonia arundinis, Tettigonia flavicatella, Tettigonia flaviscutellata, Tettigonia melanchloa, Tettigonia virescens, Tettigonia viridis arnudinis, Tettigonia viridis arundinis, Tettigonia viridis var. concolor, Tettigonia viridis viridis, Tettigoniella virides

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • Green hazelnut leafhopperEnglish
  • křísek zelenýCzech
  • Grøn sumpcikadeDanish
  • BinsenschmuckzikadeGerman
  • Roheline tirtEstonian
  • RuohokaskasFinnish
  • Cicadelle verteFrench
  • méregzöld kabócaHungarian
  • cicalina verdeItalian
  • オオヨコバイJapanese
  • 말매미충Korean
  • Žalioji CikadėlėLithuanian
  • Groene cicadeDutch
  • Bezrąbek sadowiecPolish
  • Cigarrinha-verdePortuguese
  • Зелёная цикадкаRussian
  • cikádka zelenáSlovak
  • dvopikčasti škržatekSlovenian
  • blågrön kärrstritSwedish
  • Цикадка зеленаUkrainian
  • 大青葉蟬Chinese
  • sítinovka zelenáCzech
  • Grøn bladspringerDanish
  • Grüne SchmuckzikadeGerman
  • Groene rietcicadeDutch
  • цикадка зеленаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the green leafhopper

Other species in the same genus Cicadella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the green leafhopper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the green leafhopper for 54 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belarus. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the green leafhopper?

The green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) 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). Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-leafhopper

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BibTeX
@misc{green_leafhopper_2026,
  title = {Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-leafhopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}