The Auchenorrhyncha collection is located on the fifth floor, East Wing, NMNH, Washington, D.C. The associated library includes 250 volumes and 48 linear feet of reprints. The collection is stored in 1,550 drawers and has about 2,400 holotypes. Stuart H. McKamey is the current Auchenorrhyncha specialist.

The first full-time Auchenorrhyncha specialist associated with the NMNH collection was P. W. Oman, who was employed by the USDA in 1931. Since then J. S. Caldwell, C. H. Dietrich, J. P. Kramer, and D. A. Young have served as USDA specialists on Auchenorrhyncha. The strength of the Auchenorrhyncha collection is in the Cicadellidae owing to the efforts of Kramer, Oman, and Young. Major acquisitions incorporated in the Auchenorrhyncha holdings are the collections of C. F. Baker, Ball, Buys, Caldwell, Funkhouser, Goding, Hacker, McAtee, and Uhler. The collection also contains many types described by Davis, Fennah, Kramer, Osborn, and Van Duzee.