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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) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Aphrophorini » Aphrophora » Subgenus Aphrophora (Aphrophora Subgenus Aphrophora) » Willow Spittlebug (Aphrophora salicina)

Species Aphrophora salicina - Willow Spittlebug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Spittlebug - Aphrophora salicina Willow Spittlebug - Aphrophora salicina Hopper on a vine on a plant - Aphrophora salicina hopper - Aphrophora salicina hopper - Aphrophora salicina willow spittlebug nymphs - Aphrophora salicina
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 Aphrophora)
Species salicina (Willow Spittlebug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aphrophora salicis (De Geer 1773) [nomen nudum]
Explanation of Names
Aphrophora salicina (Goeze 1778)
Size
males, 9.0-10.0 mm; females, 9.4-11.2 mm(1)
Range
frequently abundant in the New England where it was introduced from Europe prior to 1921; spreads slowly, may range into se. Canada(1)
Food
Nymphs & adults feed on twigs of native and introduced willows (Salix)(1)
Internet References
Bantock & Botting (2010)(2)
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.
2.Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2015 - 8:53pm
Additional contributions by Nick Block
Last updated 15 October, 2016 - 9:17pm

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