Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events


TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Species Spanioneura fonscolombii

Jumping Plant Louse - Spanioneura fonscolombii Jumping Plant Louse - Spanioneura fonscolombii Hopper? - Spanioneura fonscolombii Hopper? - Spanioneura fonscolombii Hopper for ID - Spanioneura fonscolombii Tiny yellow leafhopper?? - Spanioneura fonscolombii Tiny yellow leafhopper?? - Spanioneura fonscolombii Spanioneura fonscolombii - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Psylloidea
Family Psyllidae
Subfamily Psyllinae
Genus Spanioneura
Species fonscolombii (Spanioneura fonscolombii)
Explanation of Names
Spanioneura fonscolombii Förster, 1848
Size
~3 mm(1)
Identification
Forewing long and rhomboidal, about 3x as long as wide; Rs terminating at apex; 4 prominent radular markings along margin; marginal cells long; pterostigma prominent. Hindwings almost as long as forewing. Genal cones very long, as long as vertex; antennae slightly longer than width of head. General color green.(2)
Range
Native to w. Europe; in our area, east coast(2)
Food
Host: Buxus(2)
See Also
Psylla buxi also occurs on Buxus, but has a very different appearance.
Internet References