Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Jikradia galapagoensis
Leafhopper
Littoral and arid zones; in grass-sedges at side of costal salt lagoon, and on and under mangrove trees; sweeping, pan traps, and at lights; January-May.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily
Membracoidea
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Jikradia
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Jassus galapagoensis, J. infestus
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2001
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Liebhold, A. M. Turner, R. M., Bartlett, C. R., Bertelsmeier, C., Blake, R. E., Brockerhoff, E. G., Causton, C. E., Matsunaga, J. N., McKamey, S. H., Nahrung, H. F., Owen, C. L., Pureswaran, D. S., Roques, A., Schneider, S. A., Sanborn, A. F., & Yamanaka, T. (2024) Why so many Hemiptera invasions? Diversity and Distributions, 30, e13911. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13911
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Jikradia galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6536. Accessed 2 November 2026.