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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 » Smiliini » Cyrtolobus » Cyrtolobus discoidalis

Species Cyrtolobus discoidalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Cyrtolobus
Species discoidalis (Cyrtolobus discoidalis)
Explanation of Names
Cyrtolobus discoidalis (Emmons 1854)
Size
♀ 5-6 mm, ♂ 4-5 mm(1)
Range
eastern & central US and adjacent Canada(1)
Food
Host in FL: Quercus laurifolia(1)
See Also
Very similar to C. funkhouseri. C. funkhouseri and C. discoidalis differ only in the length of the pronotum, which in the latter species extends as far as the marginal vein of the front wing, whereas in C. funkhouseri it is much shorter. --Andy Hamilton.]
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 14 June, 2007 - 4:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 10 January, 2013 - 8:11pm

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