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Species Poblicia fuliginosa

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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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Fulgoridae (Fulgorid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Poiocerinae
Tribe Poiocerini
Subtribe Poiocerina
Genus Poblicia
Species fuliginosa (Poblicia fuliginosa)
Explanation of Names
Poblicia fuliginosa (Olivier 1791)
fuliginosa = 'sooty'
Range
e. US to se. Calif. (MD-GA-MS to MT(?), AZ) / n. Mex. - Map (1)(2), most records sw. ILL to AZ
Food
hosts: Rhus spp., esp. R. copallinum (Anacardiaceae) in the east; Baccharis sarothroides & Brickellia (Asteraceae) in the southwest(1)
Remarks
These are nearly impossible to capture by hand netting, they are rocket propelled. (V.A. Brou, Jr., pers. comm. to MAQ, 2012)
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)