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Species Aphrophora cribrata - Pine Spittlebug

Plant/Tree Hopper? - Aphrophora cribrata Jumper - Aphrophora cribrata Pine Spittlebug - Aphrophora cribrata Pine Spittlebug nymph - Aphrophora cribrata Aphrophora cribrata treehopper? ID please - Aphrophora cribrata Leafhopper sp? - Aphrophora cribrata Aphrophora cribrata
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 Aphrophorini
Genus Aphrophora
No Taxon (Subgenus Pinimber)
Species cribrata (Pine Spittlebug)
Explanation of Names
Aphrophora cribrata (Walker 1851)
Size
♂ 8.8-10.8 mm; ♀ 9.1-11.5 mm(1)
Range
e. US (south to GA) & adjacent Canada to SK(1)
Habitat
Locally abundant in white pine woods(1)
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.