Species Otiocerus amyotii

Classification · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

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 Fulgoroidea (Planthoppers)

Family Derbidae

Genus Otiocerus

Species amyotii (Otiocerus amyotii)

Identification

Adult: light greenish-yellow with long slender forewings, flared at the tips; dark brown stripe runs from eye to inner margin of forewing, then continues to apex (forming an overall shallow V shape); head long with reddish strip in front of eye

Range

eastern United States: CT, DC, GA, IL, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA

Remarks

page creation based on Andy Hamilton's identification of this image

See Also

O. wolfei has a black line on the head in front of the eyes, lacking in O. amyotii

Internet References

distribution map (U. of Illinois)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 May, 2006 - 6:18pm

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