Leafhopper (Tinobregmus viridescens)
A small (5/16" -- 6mm) and somewhat unusual-looking leafhopper. This T. viridescens was the first of its species submitted to BugGuide and was identified by Dr. Andrew Hamilton of the Canadian National Collection (CNC) of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Upon his request, I granted the CNC permission to add this photo to its digital collection.
Dr. Hamilton's comments on the characteristics of this species:
The hind legs are tucked up under the body, but they are so long that the "knee" joints extend as far forward as the eyes, and stick out way beyond the sides of the body. That is characteristic of this genus. Females like this (as in numerous grass-feeding genera) are short-winged.
That is everything I know about T. viridescens.
(Note: The leafhopper did not make the holes in this leaf. Leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae), both adults and larvae, feed on plant sap.)
