Subgenus. Empoasca Walsh, 1862

Type-species. Empoasca viridescens Walsh, 1862 (designated by Distant, 1908: 401).

Type locality. USA .

Diagnosis. Predominant color of body pale green to yellowish green, ornamented with few symmetrical creamcolored markings on head and thorax; crown in dorsal view distinctly longer medially than next to eye, coronal suture not extended beyond apex of crown; forewing with apical cells 2 and 3 both quadrate basally. Male pygofer usually with ventral process free from pygofer lobes for at least half its length; anal tube with process prominent; subgenital plate with base moderately wide, outer margin straight or slightly convex, basal marginal setae well differentiated, distal marginal setae continuous from near midlength to apex, fine setae scattered throughout length of plate and macrosetae seldom uniseriate reaching apex of plate; connective with anterior margin bilobed; aedeagus with dorsoatrium very short or absent, occasionally with paired preatrial processes near base of shaft; style with apical extension slender, elongate and tapering, apical portion serrate in most species (Zhang et al., 2008).