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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) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Aphrophorini » Aphrophora » Subgenus Aphrophora (Aphrophora Subgenus Aphrophora)

Subgenus Aphrophora

Classification · Numbers · Habitat · Works Cited
European Alder Spittlebug - Aphrophora alni hopper - Aphrophora salicina Diamondback Spittlebug - Aphrophora quadrinotata Aphrophora quadrinotata (?) - Aphrophora alni European Alder Spittle Bug - Aphrophora alni Which spittlebug? - Aphrophora quadrinotata Spittlebug adult - Aphrophora alni 4-spotted Spittle Bug - Aphrophora alni
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 Aphrophoridae (Typical Spittlebugs)
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Aphrophorini
Genus Aphrophora
No Taxon Subgenus Aphrophora
Numbers
5 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in our area, many spp. worldwide(1)
Habitat
mainly Old World; in NA, A. quadrinotata in e. US & adjacent Canada; 2 native spp. with limited local distribution on the Pacific Coast (Vancouver Island, nw. WA, CA); and 2 adventive spp. of European origin in New England & adjacent Canada(1)
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 January, 2010 - 7:38pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 10 October, 2012 - 6:58pm

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