Genus Otiocerus

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Internet References

unknown unusual tiny moth - Otiocerus degeeri

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 Derbidae

Genus Otiocerus

Numbers

9 species in North America listed at nearctica.com

Identification

Adult: long and slender with tips of forewings widened or flared; variably reddish or yellowish or pale brown; legs short; head pointed

Range

eastern United States and southeastern Canada [the distribution map linked to below shows one dot in Northwest Territories to represent Canada but it seems unlikely that a specimen was found that far north]

also occurs in Central and South America

Internet References

pinned adult image of O. wolfii (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)

adult illustration of O. degeerii (Andy Hamilton, naturewatch.ca)

world distribution map (U. of Illinois)

Contributed by tom murray on 13 May, 2005 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 19 May, 2006 - 6:17pm

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