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Genus Telamona

Black Oak Hopper nymph - Telamona Telamona sp. - Telamona monticola Treehopper - Telemona? - Telamona Heliria? Treehopper ID requested - Telamona concava Small shell-like moth - Telamona extrema Treehopper - Telamona reclivata Telamona sp? - Telamona Telamona excelsa - 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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Smiliinae
Tribe Telamonini
Genus Telamona
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Helonica Ball 1931(1)
Explanation of Names
Telamona (Fitch 1851)
Numbers
29 spp. in our area, 32 total(1)(2)
Telamona agrandata Ball, 1931: IA, IN, OH, WI
Telamona ampelopsidis (Harris, 1841): eastern and central U.S., CO, MT; transcontinental Canada
Telamona archboldi Froeschner, 1968: FL
Telamona californica Flynn, 2023: CA
Telamona calva Ball, 1933: CA
Telamona collina (Walker, 1851): eastern and central U.S., CA
Telamona compacta Ball, 1903: eastern U.S., CO
Telamona concava Fitch, 1851: eastern U.S. and Canada
Telamona coronata Ball, 1931: CA
Telamona decorata Ball, 1903: transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Telamona dorana Ball, 1931: FL
Telamona dubiosa Van Duzee, 1916: eastern and central U.S. and Canada
Telamona excelsa (Fairmaire 1846): eastern U.S.
Telamona extrema Ball, 1903: eastern and central U.S.
Telamona gibbera Ball, 1925: AZ, NM
Telamona lugubris Ball, 1903: eastern and central U.S. [lost species]
Telamona maculata Van Duzee, 1908: eastern and central U.S. and Canada
Telamona monticola (Fabricius, 1803): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Telamona projecta Butler, 1877: eastern U.S.
Telamona reclivata Fitch, 1851: transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Telamona spreta Goding, 1893: transcontinental U.S. and Canada (excluding most of the south)
Telamona stephani Wallace, 2018: eastern U.S.
Telamona subfalcata Van Duzee, 1912: eastern U.S.
Telamona tarda Ball, 1925: DC, NJ
Telamona tiliae Ball, 1925: eastern U.S. and Canada
Telamona tristis Fitch, 1851: central and eastern U.S. and Canada
Telamona vestita Ball, 1925: CA, OR
Telamona westcotti Goding, 1893: central and eastern U.S. and Canada
Telamona woodruffi Ball, 1925: eastern U.S.
Range
most of NA, esp. in the east; 12 spp. range into Canada(2)