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Herb leafhopper

Eupteryx melissae Curtis, 1837

Status not recordedinsects

The herb leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae) is a species in the family Cicadellidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 32 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Austria.

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Quick facts about the herb 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
32 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the herb 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 herb leafhopper is listed for 32 countries.

KazakhstanUzbekistanTunisiaAlgeriaSyriaUkraineAustriaHungaryRomaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsIrelandNew ZealandItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomSloveniaFinlandCzechiaMoroccoEthiopiaSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Croatia
  7. Czechia
  8. Denmark
  9. Ethiopia
  10. Finland
  11. Germany
  12. Greece
  13. Hungary
  14. Ireland
  15. Italy
  16. Kazakhstan
  17. Luxembourg
  18. Malta
  19. Montenegro
  20. Morocco
  21. Netherlands
  22. New Zealand
  23. Romania
  24. Serbia
  25. Slovenia
  26. Switzerland
  27. Syria
  28. Tunisia
  29. Türkiye
  30. Ukraine
  31. United Kingdom
  32. Uzbekistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the herb leafhopper as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the herb 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 herb leafhopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCicadellidae
  6. genusEupteryx
  7. SpeciesEupteryx melissae Curtis, 1837

Synonyms Cicadella melissae, Cicadella mellissae, Eupterix mellisae, Eupteryx melissac, Eupteryx melissae, Eupteryx melissoe, Eupteryx mellisae, Eupteryx metissae, Eupteryx quinquemaculata, Typhlocyba melissae, Typhlocyba melissae melissae

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • EibischblattzikadeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the herb leafhopper

Other species in the same genus Eupteryx.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the herb leafhopper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the herb leafhopper for 32 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the herb leafhopper an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the herb leafhopper as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the herb leafhopper?

The herb leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae) belongs to the family Cicadellidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{herb_leafhopper_2026,
  title = {Herb leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/herb-leafhopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}