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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Prosapia

Spittlebug - Prosapia ignipecta Two-lined Spittlebug? - Prosapia bicincta Cercopidae, lateral - Prosapia bicincta Prosapia bicincta (Say) - Prosapia bicincta Red-legged Spittlebug? - Prosapia ignipecta Prosapia bicincta - Two-lined Spittlebug - Prosapia bicincta Two-lined Spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta) - Prosapia bicincta Prosapia bicincta
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 Cercopidae (Froghoppers)
Genus Prosapia
Explanation of Names
Prosapia Fennah 1949
Numbers
5 species in our area, 3 of which are confined to the Mexican border