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Typhlocyba quercus
Species
Typhlocyba quercus
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
Typhlocybinae (Microleafhoppers)
Tribe
Typhlocybini
Genus
Typhlocyba
Species
quercus
(Typhlocyba quercus)
Explanation of Names
Typhlocyba quercus
(Fabricius 1777)
Size
3-3.5 mm
(
1
)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (ne. NA + BC-CA)
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2
)
(
3
)
Food
in the UK, on oaks, hornbeams, plum, sloe, birch, and other trees
(
1
)
Remarks
earliest NA record: BC 1946
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2
)
Internet References
Species pages:
Dmitriev (2003-)
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3
)
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Bantock & Botting (2010)
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
2.
Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America
3.
Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by
Beatriz Moisset
on 8 July, 2008 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 8 October, 2013 - 5:25pm