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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Fulgoroidea » Acanaloniid Planthoppers (Acanaloniidae) » Acanalonia

Genus Acanalonia

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References
unidentified bug - Acanalonia bivittata Two-striped Planthopper (Acanalonia bivittata) ?? - Acanalonia bivittata Acanalonia? - Acanalonia bivittata Hopper Nymph - Acanalonia conica Planthopper - Acanalonia conica light green issid? - Acanalonia parva planthopper nymph - Acanalonia servillei leafhopper - Acanalonia servillei Planthopper nymph - Acanalonia pumila
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Acanaloniidae (Acanaloniid Planthoppers)
Genus Acanalonia
Numbers
19 species in North America, listed under Issidae (nearctica.com)
Size
3-10+ mm
Identification
usually green with broad prominently-veined wings held vertically, mimicing a leaf or seed pod
Range
eastern North America
Habitat
shoots and leaves of trees and shrubs
Season
summer and fall
Food
nymphs and adults feed on a wide variety of trees and shrubs
Remarks
Some images of the nymphs collected here for comparison:


A. bivittata


A. conica


A. servillei


A. pumila
Internet References
pinned adult images of A. bivittata (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 April, 2005 - 12:53am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 25 June, 2008 - 10:05am

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