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title: "Green Leafhopper"
description: "Cicadella viridis — Insects & spiders. Cicadella viridis, sometimes called the \"green leafhopper\" (but not to be confused with Nephotettix a genus that includes rice pests), is a species of European leafhoppers belonging to the subfamily Cicadellinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-leafhopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Leafhopper

> Cicadella viridis — Insects & spiders. Cicadella viridis, sometimes called the "green leafhopper" (but not to be confused with Nephotettix a genus that includes rice pests), is a species of European leafhoppers belonging to the subfamily Cicadellinae.

- Scientific name: *Cicadella viridis*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14964
- Wikidata: [Q838596](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838596)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52447](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52447)

## Names

- en: Green Leafhopper
- de: Binsenschmuckzikade
- fr: Cicadelle verte
- nl: Groene cicade

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1392), FR (1367), GB (1260), AT (1218), PT (1069), IT (589), ES (531), RU (491), FI (297), PL (272), NL (254), CZ (219)

## Summary

Cicadella viridis, sometimes called the "green leafhopper" (but not to be confused with Nephotettix a genus that includes rice pests), is a species of European leafhoppers belonging to the subfamily Cicadellinae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicadella_viridis

## Photo

![Green Leafhopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-leafhopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alexis_lsu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294394234

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-leafhopper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).