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Species Sibovia occatoria

Sibovia occatoria Say - Sibovia occatoria

sharpshooter on red oak - Sibovia occatoria

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 Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)

Tribe Cicadellini

Genus Sibovia

Species occatoria (Sibovia occatoria)

Explanation of Names

Sibovia occatoria Say 1830

Identification

The reddish form was once thought to be a different species but Andy Hamilton says, "It now appears that this is a species with 2 color forms, one more common in the east and the other much more common in the west."

Range

se. US to the neotropics. described from Indiana.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 2 February, 2005 - 7:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Ken Childs, antarctica
Last updated 21 April, 2023 - 4:40pm

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