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Species Palonica nogalana

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 Telamonini
Genus Palonica
Species nogalana (Palonica nogalana)
Explanation of Names
Palonica nogalana Ball 1933
nogalana - the first spmn was taken in the AZ border town of Nogales, (Spanish for "black walnuts"). (Ball, 1933)
Size
Length female: 10 mm
male: 8 mm., width 5.5 mm (Ball, 1933)
Identification
Similar to P. viridia but smaller, narrower with a higher and more foliaceous crest, green with a dusky line on the back of the crest.
The high narrow crest, the long humeral angles and the different shade of green will at once distinguish this species. (Ball, 1933)
Range
AZ (1)
Food
Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni
Print References
Ball, E.D. (1933) Some new treehoppers from the Southwest with notes on others. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 46: 25–32. (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.