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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Philaenini » Philaronia » Philaronia canadensis

Species Philaronia canadensis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Aphrophoridae (Typical Spittlebugs)
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Philaenini
Genus Philaronia
Species canadensis (Philaronia canadensis)
Explanation of Names
Philaronia canadensis (Walley 1929)
Size
♂ 5.4-6.2 mm, ♀ 6.0-6.7 mm(1)
Range
e. US (south to SC) & so. ON (now confined to the base of the Bruce Peninsula)(1)(2) (map)
Habitat
Local, in river bottoms and along lake shores in mild parts of so.ON(1)
Season
all months except July(3)
Food
Adults have been taken on Goldenrod (Solidago)(1)
Remarks
rare species(3)
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.
2.Hamilton K.G.A. (1996) "Short-Horned" Bugs (Homoptera-Auchenorrhyncha) [Mixedwood Plains Ecozone]
3.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by v belov on 13 September, 2013 - 3:27pm
Last updated 13 September, 2013 - 4:50pm

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