#3970 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Rhododendron Leafhopper

🇳🇱 Rododendroncicade ·Graphocephala fennahi

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Will George · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Claus Giloi · CC BY 4.0
3. © Harsi S. Parker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © V. Lohr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Heinz-Eberhard Boden · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © citizen1 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Graphocephala fennahi ( rhododendron leafhopper ) is a species of leafhopper native to the United States. Its common name derives from it feeding on the sap of rhododendrons. The species was introduced to Great Britain in the 1930s and continental Europe in the 1970s. There has been suggestion that the rhododendron leafhopper contributes to the spread of a rhododendron fungus (Pycnostysanus azaleae) through Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 316iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,912iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 316 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #29 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
11,912 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by David Allan Young in 1977 (49 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.