Yelahanka is a genus of leafhopper belonging to the tribe Ledrini. The genus name was derived from Yelahanka, the suburban locality of Bangalore where the type species Petalocephala bainbriggei described by W L Distant in 1916 was found breeding on trees of Polyalthia longifolia.
Species Yelahanka canaraica (Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Karnataka, Kerala Yelahanka granulosa (Distant, 1920) - India: Karnataka (=Petalocephala bainbriggei Distant 1916) Yelahanka kodaiensis (Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Tamilnadu Yelahanka montana (Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Tamilnadu Yelahanka nepalica (Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - Nepal Yelahanka punctata (Walker, 1851) - India: Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra Yelahanka shillongensis (Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Meghalaya, West Bengal Yelahanka sikkimensis (Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Sikkim Yelahanka trifida (Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2021) - India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh
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