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Species Thionia bullata

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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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Issidae (Issid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Issinae
Tribe Thioniini
Genus Thionia (Thioniini incertae sedis)
Species bullata (Thionia bullata)
Explanation of Names
Thionia bullata (Say 1830)
bullata = 'puckered, blistered'
Size
6-7 mm
Range
e. US (NY-FL west to MO-TX) & ONT - Map (1)(2)(3)
Season
mostly May-Oct (3)
Food
hosts: pines (Pinus taeda, P. echinata, P. virginiana) (2)
Print References
Wheeler, A. G., Jr. 1996. Use of an introduced host, scotch pine, by a native planthopper, Thionia bullata (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98(2): 374-375.
Wheeler, A. G., Jr. and S. W. Wilson. 1988. Notes on the biology and immatures of the issid planthoppers Thionia bullata and T. simplex (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96(3): 266-273.
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(2)