Alebra
Sign in to saveAlebra is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Typhlocybinae. They genetically evolved their exoskeleton to achieve vibrant colors to defend themselves from predators.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Collections
- INHS, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, MEMU
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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- Parent taxon
- Cicadellidae
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- Cicadelliidae - Alebra sp. .JPG
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Alebra is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Typhlocybinae. They genetically evolved their exoskeleton to achieve vibrant colors to defend themselves from predators.
==Species== These 22 species belong to the genus Alebra: Alebra albostriella (Fallén, 1826) c g Alebra arisana (Matsumura, 1931) c g Alebra aurea (Walsh, 1862) c g b Alebra bella Hamilton, 1995 c g Alebra bicincta DeLong, 1918 c g b Alebra castaneae Hamilton, 1995 c g Alebra coryli Le Quesne, 1977 c g Alebra costatella Matsumura, 1931 c g Alebra eburnea DeLong, 1918 c g b Alebra elegans Hamilton, 1995 c g b Alebra floridae Hamilton, 1995 c g Alebra fumida Gillette, 1898 c g b Alebra kuyania (Matsumura, 1932) c g Alebra neglecta Wagner, 1940 c g Alebra pallida Dworakowska, 1968 c g Alebra rubrafrons DeLong, 1918 c g b Alebra shaanxiensis (Ma, 1981) c g Alebra sorbi Wagner, 1949 c g Alebra thoracica Hamilton, 1995 c g b Alebra viridis Rey, 1894 c g Alebra wahlbergi (Boheman, 1845) c g b Alebra xianensis (Ma, 1981) c g
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