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Genus Pissonotus

Pissonotus marginatus? - Pissonotus marginatus - male planthopper - Pissonotus Delphacid Planthopper - Pissonotus brunneus Pissonotus flabellatus sp1 - Pissonotus aquilonius - female sp1 - Pissonotus lactofascius - female sp1 - Pissonotus binotatus - male UDCC_TCN 00005712 - Pissonotus binotatus - male
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 Delphacoidea
Family Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Delphacinae
Tribe Delphacini
Genus Pissonotus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllodictus Ball 1926
Explanation of Names
Pissonotus Van Duzee 1897
'pitch-colored back'
Numbers
35 spp. in our area, 43 total(1)
Range
New World, mostly nearctic(1)
Food
Most species with confirmed hosts are recorded from plants in the Asteraceae with the exception of Pissonotus piceus on Polygonaceae
Remarks
Brachypterous adults (1 & 2) are more common than macropterous (full-winged) ones (3)

Nymphs
Print References
Bartlett, C.R. and L.L. Deitz. 2000. Revision of the New World delphacid planthopper genus Pissonotus (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Thomas Say Publications in Entomology: Monographs. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland. vi + 234 pp.
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by tom murray on 30 June, 2005 - 7:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 March, 2024 - 9:07pm

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