Size:: 6.5-8.0 mmPhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LAMM, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Hemiptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas & leafhoppers, Zikaden)Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Rundkopfzikaden)Superfamily: Membracoideafamily Cicadellidae LATREILLE, 1802 (leafhoppers, Zwergzikaden)Subfamily: Deltocephalinae FIEBER, 1869 (Zirpen)Tribus: FieberielliniGenus:
Fieberiella SIGNORET, 1880
Fieberiella florii STL, 1864 (Privet Leafhopper, Ligusterstrauchzirpe oder Gemeine Strauchzirpe)[det. A. Thornhill, 2016, based on this photo]Range: native to Europe, adventive and established in the US and CanadaHabitat: residential areas, open land (Offenlandgebiete), shrubbery and edge of the woodsFood: Feeds on a wide variety of broad-leafed, woody trees, shrubs and vines. Favourite host plants seem to be privet (
Ligustrum sp.), fruit trees in the Rose Family (cherries, plums, peaches, apricots and apples, for instance) and other woody plants in the rose family (e.g.
Photinia and bay laurel).Life Cycle: Overwinters as eggs (sometimes nymphs). Wingless nymphs hatch out and eventually develop into the winged adults; adults are found mid July till mid October.Remarks: Important pest known to spread plant diseases, incl. phytoplasmas, some of which cause serious diseases in Rosaceae fruit trees; first record in the US in 1918 (near NYC)Gerrmany, Hesse: Kassel, 180m asl., 19.08.2016
www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera/Cicadellidae/Fieberiella...bugguide:
bugguide.net/node/view/10227IMG_7197