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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) » Clastopterid Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae) » Clastoptera » Pecan Spittlebug (Clastoptera achatina)

Species Clastoptera achatina - Pecan Spittlebug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Clastopteridae (Clastopterid Spittlebugs)
Genus Clastoptera
Species achatina (Pecan Spittlebug)
Explanation of Names
Clastoptera achatina Germar 1839
Size
♂ 3.7-4.1 mm, ♀ 4.5-5.0 mm(1)
Range
southernmost ON & e. US to CO-NM; CA; Mexico(1)(2)
Food
hosts: hickories (Carya)(1)
Remarks
sometimes contributes to twig dieback in the Midwest(3)
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 9 December, 2005 - 8:45am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, v belov
Last updated 28 September, 2013 - 10:20am

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