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Species Ophiderma flavicephala

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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 Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Smiliinae
Tribe Smiliini
Genus Ophiderma
Species flavicephala (Ophiderma flavicephala)
Explanation of Names
Ophiderma flavicephala Goding 1892
Size
♀ 7 mm, ♂ 6 mm(1)
Range
e NA - Map (1)(2), mostly e. US
Food
on oaks(1)
Remarks
common in Florida (1)
Internet References
Membracidae of Florida(1)
Works Cited
1.Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida
2.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.
Contributed by Cotinis on 24 January, 2005 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 May, 2023 - 9:27am

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