A list of the conservative leafhopper, froghopper and planthopper species of the Chicago Wilderness Region. Compiled in May, 2006 by Ron Panzer, Karl Gnaedinger and George Derkovitz, Northestern Illinois University. |
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| ORDER, Family, Subfamily, Species | Authors | Host plants | CW rarity coefficients | CW status | Regional status |
| HOMOPTERA (leafhoppers, planthoppers, froghoppers) | |||||
| Cicadoidea | |||||
| Cicadellidae | |||||
| Aphrodinae | |||||
| Stroggylocephala mixtus (image) | (Fallen) | 5 | T | ||
| Athysaninae | |||||
| Aflexia rubranura (image) | (DeLong) | Sporobolus heterolepis | 5 | T | T-IL, E-WI, , SC-MN |
| (Athysanella bifida) | Ball & Beemer | Bouteloua hirsuta | 5 | ||
| Attenuipyga vanduzeei | (Osborn & Ball) | Muhlenbergia cuspidata | 5 | X | |
| Auridius helvus (image) | (Delong) | Koelaria | 5 | SC | |
| Chlorotettix filamentus | DeLong | native grasses | 3 | ||
| Chlorotettix borealis | Sanders & DeLong | native grasses | 3 | ||
| Chlorotettix fallax | Sanders & DeLong | native grasses | 2 | ||
| Chlorotettix limosus | DeL. & Cartwright | native grasses | 4 | ||
| Chlorotettix lusorius (image) | (Osborn & Ball) | Leersia | 3 | ||
| Chlorotettix rugicollis | Ball | probably spatulatus | 3 | ||
| (Cicadula ciliata) | (Osborn) | sedges | 5 | ||
| Cicadula cyperaceae (image) | (Osborn) | sedges | 4 | ||
| Cicadula saliens (image) | Hamilton | sedges | 1 | ||
| Cicadula smithii | (Van Duzee) | sedges | 4 | ||
| Commellus cedilla | Hamilton | 5 | T | ||
| Commellus colon (image) | (Osborn & Ball) | Stipa spartea | 5 | X | |
| Cosmotettix beirnei | (Hamilton) | Carex trichocarpa | 5 | T | |
| Cosmotettix marginatus | (Gillette & Baker) | Carex | 5 | T | |
| Cosmotettix bilineatus (image) | (Gillette & Baker) | Carex | 4 | ||
| Cosmotettix delector (image) | (Sanders & DeL.) | Carex pennsylvanica | 5 | ||
| Cosmotettix luteocephalus | (Sanders & DeL.) | Carex | 4 | ||
| Cribrus shingwauki (image) | (Beamer & Tuthill) | Calamagrostis | 2 | ||
| Deltocephalus gnarus | Ball | Eleocharis | 5 | T | |
| Deltocephalus gramus | DeLong | 5 | X | ||
| Destria fumida (image) | Sanders & Delong | Spartina | 3 | ||
| (Driotura robusta) | Osborn & Ball | 5 | |||
| Elymana acrita | DeLong | Elymus | 3 | ||
| Elymana inornata | (Van Duzee) | Carex | 3 | ||
| Euscelis sahlbergi (image) | Reuter | sedges, Juncus | 5 | T | |
| Extrusanus oryssus (image) | Hamilton | 1 | |||
| (Flexamia abbreviata) | (Osborn & Ball) | Bouteloua hirsuta | 5 | ||
| (Flexamia albida ) (image) | (Osborn & Ball) | Bouteloua curtipendula | 5 | ||
| Flexamia areolata | (Ball) | Eragrostis spectabilis | 3 | ||
| Flexamia atlantica (image) | (DeLong) | Panicum virgatum | 5 | ||
| Flexamia delongi | (Ross & Cooley) | Andropogon scoparius | 3 | SC-MI | |
| (Flexamia grammica) (image) | (Ball) | Calamovilfa | 5 | ||
| Flexamia pectinata | (Osborn & Ball) | Bouteloua curtipendula | 5 | E | |
| Flexamia picta | (Osborn) | Aristida | 3 | ||
| Flexamia prairiana (image) | (Osborn & Ball) | Andropogon gerardii | 3 | ||
| Flexamia pyrops | (Crumb) | Aristida | 5 | ||
| Flexamia reflexa | (Osborn & Ball) | Sorgastrum nutans | 2 | SC-MI | |
| Graminella aureovittata (image) | Sanders & DeLong | Panicum virgatum | 1 | ||
| Graminella mohri | DeLong | Panicum virgatum | 4 | ||
| Graminella oquaka | DeLong | Panicum virgatum | 3 | ||
| Graminella pallidula | (Osborn) | Panicum virgatum | 4 | ||
| Hebecephalus signatifrons | (Van Duzee) | 5 | X | ||
| Kansendria kansiensis (image) | (Tuthill) | sedges | 4 | SC | |
| Laevicephalus acus | Sanders & DeLong | native grasses | 4 | ||
| Laevicephalus minimus | (Osborn & Ball) | Bouteloua curtipendula | 5 | T | |
| Laevicephalus peronatus (image) | Ross & Hamilton | Uniola latifolia | 5 | SC | |
| Laevicephalus pravus | DeLong | 5 | X | ||
| Laevicephalus unicoloratus | (Gillette & Baker) | Andropogon gerardii | 1 | ||
| Limotettix bisoni | Knull | Eleocharis; Juncus, Scirpus | 4 | ||
| Limotettix cuneatus (image) | (Sanders & DeL.) | Juncus, Scirpus | 3 | ||
| Limotettix elegans (image) | Hamilton | Eleocharis | 5 | E | |
| Limotettix nigrax | Medler | Eleocharis | 5 | T | |
| Limotettix parallelus | (Van Duzee) | 5 | |||
| Limotettix pseudosphagneticus | Hamilton | 5 | T | ||
| Limotettix truncatus (image) | Sleesman | Eleocharis | 4 | ||
| Limotettix urnura (image) | Hamilton | Eleocharis elliptica | 3 | ||
| Limotettix utahnus | (Lawson) | Scirpus acutus | 5 | SC | |
| Lonatura catalina (image) | Osborn & Ball | Aristida | 5 | ||
| Macrosteles clavata | (DeL. and Davidson) | 5 | |||
| Macrosteles potoria (image) | (Ball) | 5 | T | ||
| Mesamia nigridorsum (image) | Ball | Helianthus | 1 | ||
| Mesamia straminea (image) | (Osborn) | Helianthus | 5 | E | |
| Paraphlepsius altus | (Osborn & Ball) | 5 | |||
| Paraphlepsius carolinus | (Lathrop) | 5 | E | ||
| Paraphlepsius certus | (DeLong) | Andropogon scoparius | 3 | ||
| Paraphlepsius electus (image) | (Delong) | 5 | T | ||
| Paraphlepsius humidis (image) | (Van Duzee) | 5 | T | ||
| Paraphlepsius incisus | 5 | ||||
| Paraphlepsius lobatus (image) | (Osborn) | Andropogon scoparius | 1 | ||
| Paraphlepsius lupalus (image) | Hamilton | 5 | E | E-IL | |
| Paraphlepsius luxuria (image) | Hamilton | 1 | |||
| Paraphlepsius maculosus | (Osborn) | 5 | E | ||
| Paraphlepsius nebulosus (image) | (Van Duzee) | 4 | |||
| Paraphlepsius rossi | (Delong) | 5 | |||
| Paraphlepsius solidaginis | (Walker) | Solidago | 4 | ||
| (Paraphlepsius texanus) | Baker | 5 | |||
| Paraphlepsius turpiculus | (Ball) | 5 | T | ||
| Paraphlepsius umbellatus | Hamilton | 5 | T | ||
| Paraphlepsius umbrosus | (Sanders & DeL.) | 5 | T | ||
| Pendarus magnus (image) | (Osborn & Ball) | Spartina pectinata | 3 | ||
| Polyamia caperata (image) | Ball | Andropogon | 1 | ||
| Polyamia compacta (image) | (Osborn & Ball) | 3 | |||
| (Polyamia dilata) (image) | DeLong | 5 | E-WI | ||
| Polyamia herbida (image) | DeLong | Panicum | 4 | ||
| Polyamia interrupta | (Delong) | 5 | E | ||
| Polyamia obtecta | (Osborn & Ball) | native grasses | 4 | ||
| Polyamia rossi (image) | DeLong | Panicum | 5 | E | |
| Polyamia similaris (image) | DeLong & Davidson | 5 | E | ||
| Rosenus cruciatus | (Osborn & Ball) | Koeleria | 5 | T | |
| Scaphytopius abbreviatus | (DeLong) | 5 | E | ||
| Scaphytopius cinereus | (Osborn & Ball) | Amorpha canescens | 4 | ||
| Scaphytopius dorsalis | (Ball) | 5 | E | ||
| Scaphytopius vaccinium (image) | DeLong | 5 | E | ||
| Texananus cumulatus | (Ball) | 4 | E | ||
| Texananus decorus (image) | (Osborn & Ball) | 5 | SC | ||
| Dorydiinae | |||||
| Dorydiella kansana (image) | Beamer | Scleria, Eleocharis | 2 | SC-MI | |
| (Hecalus curtus) | Shaw | 5 | |||
| Hecalus flavidus (image) | (Signoret) | native grasses | 3 | ||
| Hecalus major | Osborn | Calamagrostis spp. | 1 | ||
| Memnonia panzeri (image) | Hamilton | Sporobolus heterolepis | 4 | ||
| Neohecalus magnificus (image) | (Uhler) | Spartina pectinata | 1 | ||
| Gyponinae | |||||
| Gypona contana | DeLong | Amorpha, Rosa | 3 | ||
| Gyponana vincula | DeLong | 3 | |||
| Prairiana angustens (image) | Delong | 5 | |||
| Prairiana cinerea (image) | (Uhler) | 5 | E | ||
| Prairiana kansana | Ball | grasses | 4 | W-IN | |
| Cercopidae | |||||
| Lepyronia gibbosa | Ball | prairie grasses | 4 | T-MI | |
| Paraphilaenus parallelus | (Stearns) | Carex | 5 | E | |
| Philaenarcys killa | Hamilton | Andropogon scoparius | 5 | SC-MI | |
| Prosapia ignipectus | (Fitch) | Andropogon scoparius | 3 | SC-MI | |
| Cicadidae | |||||
| Cicadinae | |||||
| Diceroprocta vitripennis | (Say) | 5 | |||
| Platypedinae | |||||
| Okanagana balli | Davis | 5 | T | ||
| Fulgoroidea | |||||
| Delphacidae | |||||
| Delphacodes parvula (image) | (Ball) | Andropogon scoparius | 3 | ||
| Prokelisia crocea (image) | (Van Duzee) | Spartina pectinata | 3 | ||
| Cixiidae | |||||
| Myndus fulvous (image) | Osborn | Sorgastrum nutans | 3 | ||
| Issidae (Caliscelidae) | |||||
| Aphelonema rosa (image) | (Uhler) | 3 | |||
| Bruchomorpha dorsata | Fitch | Andropogon spp. | 3 | ||
| Bruchomorpha extensa (image) | Ball | Sorgastrm nutans | 4 | ||
| Bruchomorpha jocosa | Stal | 3 | |||
| Bruchomorpha oculata | Newman | 3 | |||
| Bruchomorpha tristis | Stal | 3 | |||
| (Fitchiella robertsoni) | (Fitch) | 5 | |||
| Peltonotellus histrionicus | Stal | 5 | E | ||
