Idiocerus is a large genus of homopteran bugs

Hemiptera

Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...

 belonging to the family Cicadellidae (the leafhopper

Leafhopper

Leafhopper is a common name applied to any species from the family Cicadellidae. Leafhoppers, colloquially known as hoppers, are minute plant-feeding insects in the superfamily Membracoidea in the order Hemiptera...

s). The group is characterized by a very short and broadly-rounded vertex (head); many species are very similar and difficult to identify. Most are found on specific host plants, particularly poplars and willows. For instance the common Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an species I. vitreus is found exclusively on certain poplars.

Holarctic

Holarctic

The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic,...

 species

• I. stigmaticalishttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_stigmaticalis.html

European species

• I. aaliensis
• I. affinis
• I. albicans]http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_albicans.html
• I. confusus
• I. distinguendus
• I. elegans
• I. fulgidus
• I. herrichiihttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_herrichi.html
• I. humilis
• I. lambertiei
• I. laminatushttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_laminatus.html
• I. lituratushttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_lituratus.html
• I. maculicollis
• I. nitidissimus
• I. poecilus
• I. populi
• I. ribautihttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_ribauti.html
• I. rutilanshttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_rutilans.html
• I. salgiris
• I. similis
• I. tremulaehttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_tremulae.html
• I. ustulatushttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_ustulatus.html
• I. vicinus
• I. vitreushttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_vitreus.html
• I. vittifronshttp://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Idiocerus_vittifrons.html

Nearctic

Nearctic

The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico...

species

• I. albolinea
• I. alternatus
• I. amabilis
• I. amoemus
• I. apache
• I. aureus
• I. balli
• I. cabottii
• I. canae
• I. carolina
• I. catalinus
• I. cedrus
• I. cephalicus
• I. cinctus
• I. cognatus
• I. couleanus
• I. delongi
• I. depictus
• I. distinctus
• I. duzeei
• I. ensiger
• I. exilus
• I. femoratus
• I. formosus
• I. freytagi
• I. gillettei
• I. immaculatus
• I. indistinctus
• I. inebrius
• I. interruptus
• I. iodes
• I. lachrymalis
• I. lucidae
• I. lunaris
• I. maximus
• I. midas
• I. moniliferae
• I. morosus
• I. musteus
• I. nervatus
• I. obispanus
• I. obsoletus
• I. obstinatus
• I. omani
• I. pallidus
• I. pericallis
• I. perplexus
• I. productus
• I. pyramidatus
• I. ramentosus
• I. raphus
• I. rossi
• I. rotundens
• I. rufus
• I. setaceus
• I. snowi
• I. striola
• I. subnitens
• I. suturalis
• I. tahotus
• I. taiga
• I. taxodium
• I. texanus
• I. tonotonus
• I. unicolor
• I. vanduzeei
• I. varians
• I. venosus
• I. verticis
• I. xanthiops

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Nomina Insecta Nearctica
• Checklist of UK Recorded Cicadellidae