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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Macrostelini » Balclutha » Balclutha impicta

Species Balclutha impicta

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Macrostelini
Genus Balclutha
Species impicta (Balclutha impicta)
Explanation of Names
Balclutha impicta (Van Duzee 1892)
Size
2.5-4 mm (females are larger than males)
Identification
Sometimes this species has spotted wings, and sometimes not. The very short head, which is also much narrower than the thorax, is distinctive for this species in eastern North America. In the west there is a look-alike, B. manitou.
Range
across US and Canada(1)
Habitat
Woodlands
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by tom murray on 30 May, 2005 - 9:24am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 10 October, 2013 - 10:13pm

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