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Species Antianthe expansa - Solanaceous Treehopper

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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
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Antianthe
Species expansa (Solanaceous Treehopper)
Other Common Names
Keeled Treehopper
Explanation of Names
Antianthe expansa (Germar 1835)
Size
7-10 mm(1)
Range
Mainly neotropical, ranging into so. US (CA, AZ, ?FL)(1)
Food
HOSTS: solanaceous plants including tomato and eggplant(1)
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