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Species Synecdoche impunctata

gray and brown planthopper? - Synecdoche impunctata hopper - Synecdoche impunctata hopper - Synecdoche impunctata Synecdoche sp.? - Synecdoche impunctata Synecdoche sp.? - Synecdoche impunctata Planthopper on hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiensis) - Synecdoche impunctata Planthopper on hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiensis) - Synecdoche impunctata Planthopper on hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiensis) - Synecdoche impunctata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea (Planthoppers)
Family Achilidae (Achilid Planthoppers)
Genus Synecdoche
Species impunctata (Synecdoche impunctata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
specific epithet also spelled impunctatus
described in 1851 by Fitch, who originally placed it in genus Cixius
Range
eastern United States and southeastern Canada
Habitat
open woodlands
Season
adults present in July and August
Remarks
page creation based on Andy Hamilton's identification of this image
Internet References
presence in North Carolina; list 19 specimens in collection, including locally collected specimens (North Carolina State U.)
presence in Canada - widespread in Canadian mixedwood plains ecozone (naturewatch.ca)
presence in Minnesota; list and seasonality (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 January, 2005 - 4:46pm
Last updated 7 August, 2008 - 9:58am

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