Genus Clastoptera

Classification · Numbers · Internet References

Spittle Bugs - Clastoptera xanthocephala

V beetles, or bugs? - Clastoptera proteus

Clastoptera Sp. Froghopper ??? - Clastoptera xanthocephala

Spittlebug - Clastoptera testacea - 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 Cercopidae (Spittlebugs)

Genus Clastoptera

Numbers

Neartica lists 33 North American species.

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek - has photos and information

Image of Nymphs, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 26 July, 2004 - 1:03pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 21 October, 2008 - 11:39am

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