Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Length: typically 5.5-7.2 mm
Species in the genus Chlorotettix are usually green, or occasionally brownish. Most or all species have grasses as the host plants.
As with so many groups of leafhoppers, reliable identification of Chlorotettix to species is only possible by a careful examination of the male's aedeagus or the female's seventh sternum.
Our West Virginia photographs of adult leafhoppers in this genus were made in the months between July and October.
