Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Length: typically 5.6-5.9 mm
Osbornellus leafhoppers typically live in the forest understory. The ones shown on this page were photographed in West Virginia between July and October.
There are 26 species of Osbornellus found in America north of Mexico.
Oman (1949) reported that a number of Osbornellus species live on ferns. The one shown just above, however, was resting on the leaf of a vine while basking in the glow of a mercury vapor lamp.
