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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoroidea) » Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae) » Amycle
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I Really Don't Know What This Is.... - Amycle
Copyright © 2006 David Moll

I Really Don't Know What This Is.... - Amycle
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 17, 2006

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Contributed by David Moll on 27 October, 2006 - 5:53am
Last updated 30 October, 2006 - 4:22pm

Amycle
A Fulgorid planthopper (these have very dense venation, and the wings do not overlap as much as in Achilidae). This particular genus is strongly flattened and looks much like a piece of bark.

Sorry, I can't tell you which species. It looks much like A. vernalis, but that species is restricted to the Gulf coast. There are 2 species recorded from AZ (A. pinyonae and A. tumacacoriae).
… Andy Hamilton, 30 October, 2006 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

 
Amycle Identification
Thanks for your generous contributions to BugGuide.
… David Moll, 30 October, 2006 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

Planthopper
Maybe start your search with family Achilidae? Something in that vicinity would be my thought.
… Stephen Cresswell, 27 October, 2006 - 6:40am login or register to post comments

 
Good Tip, Thanks!
With Lynette's submission and Andy Hamilton's identification, it would seem that this specimen belongs to the genus Epiptera. Perhaps a species can be determined?
… David Moll, 27 October, 2006 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

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