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title: "Chicharrita de bandas rojas"
description: "Graphocephala coccinea — Insectos y arañas. Graphocephala coccinea is a meadow and woodland-dwelling species of brightly colored leafhopper native to North and Central America, from Canada south to Panama."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/red-banded-leafhopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Chicharrita de bandas rojas

> Graphocephala coccinea — Insectos y arañas. Graphocephala coccinea is a meadow and woodland-dwelling species of brightly colored leafhopper native to North and Central America, from Canada south to Panama.

- Scientific name: *Graphocephala coccinea*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `grassland` (Praderas y campos)
- iNaturalist observations: 29386
- Wikidata: [Q2275862](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275862)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56925](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56925)

## Names

- en: Red-banded Leafhopper
- es: Chicharrita de bandas rojas
- fr: Cicadelle multicolore

## Countries with the most observations

US (21554), CA (3675), MX (142)

## Summary

Graphocephala coccinea is a meadow and woodland-dwelling species of brightly colored leafhopper native to North and Central America, from Canada south to Panama. Common names include candy-striped leafhopper, red-banded leafhopper, scarlet-and-green leafhopper, red-and-blue leafhopper, and sharpshooter.
Adults measure 6.7–8.4 mm in length and have vivid blue (or green) and red (or orange-red) stripes on their wings and the top of their thorax combined with bright yellow coloration on their head, legs, abdomen, and elsewhere.
Leafhoppers feed on plant sap with the aid of specialized mouthparts.

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

## Photo

![Chicharrita de bandas rojas](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-banded-leafhopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mike Mulqueen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50928098

## Machine access

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