Liburnia furcifera (Horvath)

Metcalf, Z. P., 1946, Homoptera, Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 189, pp. 105-148 : 111

7. Liburnia furcifera (Horvath) .

This species has been recorded previously from the following localities: Japan,. Ceylon, Mexico, Sicily, Indo-China, Oriental region, Jamaica, Queensland, Egypt, Florida, Bermuda, West Indies, Formosa, India, Nicaragua, Cuba, southern states, Louisiana, Kenya, Philippine Islands, Fiji, Amboina , Malaysia, Ceram, China, Seychelles, Africa, Nigeria, Malay Peninsula, Central America, Brazil, Ecuador, British Guiana, Madeira, Cape Province, Natal, Puerto Rico, Sebesi, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Siberia, southEurope, Manchuria, Europe, Sumatra, Zanzibar, South Africa, east Africa, Canal Zone, North Carolina, Costa Rica, and Java.

It is well represented in the present collection and seems to be fairly typical of this widely distributed and very variable species. All the males are dark colored and have macropterous tegmina; one of the specimens has a distinct pale vitta across the mesonotum. The females are all pale in color and have brachypterous wings. The specimens in the present collection were collected from grasses and sedges. Agana , June 26, Usinger ; Piti, May 8, on grass, Swezey .