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Species Stictocephala taurina

Green Leaf Looking Bug - Stictocephala taurina Green Leaf Looking Bug - Stictocephala taurina Treehopper - Stictocephala taurina Molted! - Stictocephala taurina Buffalo Treehopper - Stictocephala taurina Stictocephala taurina Buffalo Treehopper - Stictocephala taurina Stictocephala bisonia? - Stictocephala taurina
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 Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Smiliinae
Tribe Ceresini (Buffalo Treehoppers and allies)
Genus Stictocephala
Species taurina (Stictocephala taurina)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ceresa taurina (Fitch)
Orig. Comb: Membracis taurina Fitch, 1856
Syn: Stictocephala taurina (Fitch)
Explanation of Names
taurina = 'little bull'
Size
7.5 mm
Identification
Prominent pale spots on the crest, horns narrower and front less broad than C. alta --Dr Hamilton
Range
e NA to AZ (AZ-MS-NC-NS-MB) - Map (1)(2) + WA (BG data)
Season
Jun-Oct (BG data)
Food
polyphagous
Print References
Funkhouser, W.D. 1917. Biology of the Membracidae of the Cayuga Lake Basin. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Stn. 2: 17545. (Full text)