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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) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Clastopterid Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae) » Clastoptera » Sunflower Spittlebug (Clastoptera xanthocephala)

Species Clastoptera xanthocephala - Sunflower Spittlebug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Spittlebug - Clastoptera xanthocephala Spittlebug - Clastoptera xanthocephala Spittlebug - Clastoptera xanthocephala Cicadellid 2 - Clastoptera xanthocephala Spittle bug with a dot - Clastoptera xanthocephala Spittle Bug? - Clastoptera xanthocephala Hopper? - Clastoptera xanthocephala Clastoptera xanthocephala
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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Clastopteridae (Clastopterid Spittlebugs)
Genus Clastoptera
Species xanthocephala (Sunflower Spittlebug)
Explanation of Names
Clastoptera xanthocephala Germar 1839
Range
e US (TX-FL-MA-KS) - Map (1)
Food
reported in "very great numbers" on the common annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Asteraceae) - (Heidemann 1901)
Print References
Heidemann O. (1901) Remarks on the spittle insect, Clastoptera xanthocephala Germ. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4: 399-402. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 17 June, 2005 - 12:44pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 12 February, 2022 - 12:05pm

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