Genus Umbonia

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Thornbug - Umbonia crassicornis - female

Thorn Treehopper - Umbonia crassicornis - male

Thorn Treehopper with nymphs - Umbonia crassicornis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Cicadoidea

Family Membracidae (Treehoppers)

Genus Umbonia

Numbers

Neartica only lists one North American species: crassicornis. This web page from the University of Florida, citing Arnett (1), states that there are four species in the US, found only in the subtropical regions.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 13 July, 2004 - 5:32pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 12 July, 2009 - 11:22am

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