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painted leafhopper
Endria inimicus (Say, 1831)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Endria inimicus (Say, 1831)
- Name authority
- (Say, 1831)
- Common name
- painted leafhopper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Endria
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderAuchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1805
- infraorderCicadomorpha Evans, 1946
- parvorderClypeata Qadri, 1967
- superfamilyMembracoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyCicadellidae Latreille, 1825
- subfamilyDeltocephalinae Fieber, 1869
- tribeDeltocephalini Fieber, 1869
- genusEndria Oman, 1949
- speciesEndria inimicus (Say, 1831)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Endria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Endria lassus (Ball, 1916) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Amblycephalus inimicus (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Polyamia montanus DeLong & Sleesman, 1929 DeLong & Sleesman, 1929 | synonym |
| Tettigonia inimica (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Poyamia inicimus (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Amplicephalus (Endria) sexpunctatus (Provancher, 1872) (Provancher, 1872) | synonym |
| Polyamius montanus DeLong & Sleesman, 1929 DeLong & Sleesman, 1929 | synonym |
| Polyamia inimica (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Endria inimina Say, 1831 Say, 1831 | synonym |
| Iassus inimicus Say, 1831 Say, 1831 | synonym |
| Jassus inimicus Say, 1831 Say, 1831 | synonym |
| Jassus sexpunctatus Provancher, 1872 Provancher, 1872 | ambiguous synonym |
| Jassus 6-punctatus Provancher, 1872 Provancher, 1872 | synonym |
| Deltocephalus iminicus (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Amplicephalus (Endria) inimicus (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Deltocephalus (Polyamia) inimicus (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Deltocephalus inimicus (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
| Polyamia inimicus (Say, 1831) (Say, 1831) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
British Columbia
Ontario
Québec
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Manitoba
Colorado
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Idaho
Washington
Wyoming
Kansas
Missouri
Oregon
Iowa
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Connecticut
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Illinois
Delaware
Virginia
Wisconsin
Maryland
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kentucky
North Carolina
Ohio
Tennessee
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maine
Michigan
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Say, T. (1831b) Descriptions of new North American hemipterous insects belonging to the first family of the section Homoptera of Latreille. (Continued). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6, 299–314. [1830] Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39SQS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.