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Species Bothriocera maculata

Planthopper - Bothriocera maculata Planthopper - Bothriocera maculata Insect - Bothriocera maculata Insect - Bothriocera maculata Bothriocera - Bothriocera maculata Bothriocera drakei - Bothriocera maculata Bothriocera drakei - Bothriocera maculata UDCC_TCN 00102474 (HOLOTYPE) - Bothriocera maculata - male
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 Delphacoidea
Family Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Bothriocerinae
Tribe Bothriocerini
Genus Bothriocera
Species maculata (Bothriocera maculata)
Explanation of Names
Bothriocera maculata Caldwell 1943
Range
coastal Maryland to coastal Texas
Habitat
coastal marshes
Food
Collected on the following:(1)
Spartina patens (saltmeadow cordgras)
Spartina cynosuroides (big cordgrass)
Eupatorium capillifolium (dog-fennel)
Juncus roemerianus
Internet References
Genus Page - Univ. Delaware(2)