=Xestocephalus pulicarius= VanDuzee. One specimen of this form
taken at an electric light at Charleston, July 28.
=Xestocephalus tesselatus= VanDuzee. Collected from elm
leaves at Charleston. Quite rare.
=Hecalus lineatus= Uhler. Not common. Nymphs more numerous than
adults during August. Swept from rank growing grasses near the
Mississippi River at Hannibal.
=Parabolocratus viridis= Uhler. Recorded from Springfield,
Columbia, Chillicothe, and Charleston. Observed feeding on grass,
sweet clover and sorghum.
=Platymetopius acutus= Say. Only one adult collected. Swept from
weeds near a bog at Charleston, July 28.
=Platymetopius frontalis= VanDuzee. Very common throughout the
state. Attacks clover, alfalfa, and grasses. Also taken from woody
shrubs.
=Deltocephalus nigrifrons= Forbes. Generally distributed in all
sections of the state. Very abundant during October. Known to feed
upon clover, alfalfa, wheat, many grasses including blue grass,
and several weeds. Attracted to lights at night.
=Deltocephalus weedi= VanDuzee. Quite common on weeds along
roadsides and shady places. Collected at Lutesville and
Charleston during the late summer.
=Deltocephalus flavicosta= Stal. Quite abundant during middle
and late summer, principally in southern part of state. Swept
from native grasses and weeds. Occasional specimens taken from
wheat.
=Deltocephalus sayi= Fitch. Recorded from grass lands in North
western parts of state in September. Quite common in blue grass.
=Deltocephalus inimicus= Say. Common in all parts of the state.
All stages taken from May to November. Food plants include wheat,
oats, alfalfa, clover, cowpeas, timothy, blue grass, other native
grasses, and weeds.
=Deltocephalus albidus= Osb. & Ball. Recorded from the
collection of the Experiment Station at Columbia.
=Deltocephalus obtectus= Osb. & Ball. Quite scarce. Recorded
only from Mississippi County. Near swamps.
=Deltocephalus misellus= Ball. Captured but one adult, in a corn
field near Mississippi River at West Quincy.
=Deltocephalus productus= Walker. Rather scarce. Swept from
clover and weeds at Stanberry.
=Deltocephalus debilis= Uhler. Quite common on grasses in rye
and wheat stubble fields about Hannibal and West Quincy.
=Athysanus exitiosus= Uhler. Occurs throughout the state. With
the exception of Draeculacephala mollipes it is the most common
jassid of northwestern Missouri. Adults present at all seasons of
the year. Food plants include wheat, oats, corn, alfalfa, grasses,
and weeds.
=Athysanus bicolor= VanDuzee. Numerous in southern part of
state, especially in low or bottom lands. Feeds upon many weeds,
grasses and alfalfa.
=Athysanus obtutus= VanDuzee. Not common. A few adults taken
from sweeping wheat fields in the early spring. Recorded only
from Mississippi County.
=Athysanus plutonius= Uhler. Rather rare. Occasional specimens
swept from wheat in Scott and Mississippi Counties.
=Athysanus curtisi= Fitch. Only one adult captured sweeping
weeds at Hannibal.
=Eutettix clarivida= VanDuzee. Recorded from Lutesville and
Charleston, from millet and grasses. Nymphs numerous during
August.
=Eutettix osborni= Ball. Collected by Geo. W. Barber at Poplar
Bluff, from White Aster, used in ornamental plantings.
=Eutettix seminuda= Say. Rather numerous but not abundant.
Occurring in all parts of the state. Collected principally from
weeds and woody shrubs near swamps. Also from grape vines.
=Eutettix strobi= Fitch. Only one adult captured. Feeding on a
leaf of a willow tree growing in a swamp.
=Phlepsius apertus= VanDuzee. Very common throughout the state,
especially in the southeast section. Occurs in great numbers on
alfalfa and clover upon which crops they must be considered a
pest. Also recorded from grasses and weeds. Most abundant during
July and August.
=Phlepsius irroratus= Say. Very common and generally distributed
throughout the state. Of economic importance, attacking alfalfa,
clover, cowpeas, corn, wheat, oats, grape, many grasses, and
weeds.
=Phlepsius cinereus= VanDuzee. Recorded only from Mississippi
County. Most numerous in early summer. Often taken at lights.
=Phlepsius pallidus= VanDuzee. Collected at lights during summer
months. Generally distributed but not abundant.
=Phlepsius superbus= Uhler. Not abundant. Occasional specimens
captured in Mississippi County.
=Scaphoideus sanctus= Say. Occasional specimens taken in
southern part of state.
=Scaphoideus productus= Osborn. One adult collected at Rodney,
August 25.
=Scaphoideus scalaris= VanDuzee. Quite common. Recorded from
Springfield and Hannibal. Taken only from weeds.
=Scaphoideus jucundus= Uhler. Occurs on rank weeds and willows.
Only record is from Stanberry.
=Scaphoideus immistus= Say. Swept from woody shrubs and rank
grasses about Charleston.
=Scaphoideus immistus= Say. var. minor Osborn. One adult taken
at Charleston.
=Thamnotettix clitellarius= Say. An occasional adult taken in
sweepings from grasses and weeds in southeast Missouri. Also taken
from grape at Columbia.
=Chlorotettix viridius= VanDuzee. A few adults taken during the
summer from grasses and weeds growing in low and swampy lands.
Recorded from Pattonsburg and Charleston.
=Chlorotettix unicolor= Fitch. Rather common in central and
northern parts of state. Collected from willows growing in
lowlands.
=Chlorotettix tergatus= Fitch. One adult collected at
Charleston, September 2.
=Chlorotettix necopina= VanDuzee. Only record is from Charleston
where adults were swept from weeds growing in marshy places.
=Chlorotettix galbanata= VanDuzee. Quite rare. Occasional
specimens taken from weeds growing along roadsides in Mississippi
County.
=Jassus olitorius= Say. Not common. A few adults taken in
southeast Missouri. Observed them feeding upon alfalfa.
=Balclutha punctatus= Thunbg. Only record of occurrence is from
Pattonsburg.
=Gnathodus impictus= VanDuzee. Not numerous. Observed feeding on
grasses and several weeds at Charleston during May.
=Cicadula 6-notata= Fall. Occurs in all sections of the state,
most abundant in northeast. Known to feed upon wheat, oats, and
grasses. Especially numerous during October.
=Empoasca mali= LeB. One of the most common and probably the
most injurious leafhopper. Feeds on a great variety of plants,
shrubs and trees. A pest of field crops, nursery stock, and
orchards. Especially abundant during the summer of 1915 on alfalfa
and clover. In early spring adults have been observed feeding on
wheat, rye and native grasses. Exhibits great adaptability to
changes of climate and host plants.
=Empoasca smaragdula= Fall. Listed by Gillette as occurring in
the state.
=Empoasca radiata= Gillette. Swept from willows growing in the
Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis.
=Dicraneura abnormis= Walsh. Not common. Few specimens collected
from blue grass and around lights at night at Chillicothe, during
September.
=Typhlocyba illinoiensis= Gillette. Noted feeding on rose leaves
in the Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis.
=Typhlocyba obliqua= Say. Very abundant on many weeds at
Springfield during August.
=Typhlocyba trifasciata= Say. Listed by Gillette as occurring in
the state.
=Typhlocyba tricincta= Fitch. Abundant on several ornamental
bushes in Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis. Adults
exceedingly quick of movement. Also collected at Pattonsburg and
Columbia.
=Typhlocyba comes= Say. Abundant throughout the state. A severe
pest of grapes, especially in southeast Missouri. Feeds on a
number of weeds. Attracted to lights at night in considerable
numbers.
=Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. vitis Harris. Occurring on
ornamental shrubs, including rose, in the Missouri Botanical
Gardens at St. Louis.
=Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. scutelleris Gillette. Very common
on Sycamore in all stages, and frequently causing severe
infestations. Nymphs and adults feed on under side of leaves
resulting in small whitish brown spots. Occurs in all parts of
Missouri.
=Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. basilaris Say. One adult captured
by Geo. W. Barber at Poplar Bluff, September 4, from white aster.
=Typhlocyba comes= Say. var. ziczac Walsh. Collected from rose
bushes in the Missouri Botanical Gardens at St. Louis.
=Typhlocyba vulnerata= Fitch. Rather numerous on several
ornamental shrubs growing in the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
Feeds on under side of leaves.