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Agallia
Agallia constricta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Genus:	Agallia

Agallia is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are about eight described species in Agallia. During courtship displays and mating, both males and females of the species A. constricta alternate in making ticking sounds.

Species

• Agallia barretti
• Agallia brachyptera
• Agallia constricta Van Duzee, 1894 (constricted leafhopper)
• Agallia deleta
• Agallia lingula Van Duzee, 1907
• Agallia lingulata
• Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1898
• Agallia peregrinans (Stal, 1859)
• Agallia quadripunctata (Provancher, 1872) (four-spotted clover leafhopper)

References

1. "Agallia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
2. "Agallia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
3. "Agallia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
4. Shaw, Kenneth (1976). "Sounds and Associated Behavior of Agallia constricta and Agalliopsis novella (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 49 (1): 1–17. Retrieved 2021-06-05.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Dmitriev D (2009). "Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe". ZooKeys (29): 13–33. doi:10.3897/zookeys.29.223.

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