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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) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Polyglyptini » Entylia » Keeled Treehopper (Entylia carinata)

Species Entylia carinata - Keeled Treehopper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Entylia carinata nymphs and ants - Entylia carinata

Entylia carinata? NB data point - Entylia carinata

Unidentified cicadellids on Cosmos, Licking County, Ohio - Entylia carinata

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 Polyglyptini

Genus Entylia

Species carinata (Keeled Treehopper)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Entylia carinata (Forster)

Orig. Comb: Cicada carinata Forster 1771

Entylia emarginata (Fabricius 1798) considered a synonym of E. carinata (Forster)

Explanation of Names

carinata (L). 'keeled'

Size

♀ 5 mm, ♂ 4.5 mm(1)

Range

e. NA to S. Amer. - Map (1),(2)(3)

Season

mostly May-Oct (BG data)

Food

hosts: various herbaceous plants, especially Asteraceae(4)(5)

Life Cycle

Commonly seen to be attended by ants:

Internet References

Membracidae of Florida(1)

Discover Life

EoL

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.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.

5.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 January, 2005 - 11:14pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 1 April, 2023 - 3:40pm

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