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Species Melanorhopala infuscata

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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 Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Tingidae (Lace Bugs)
Subfamily Tinginae
Tribe Tingini
Genus Melanorhopala
Species infuscata (Melanorhopala infuscata)
Explanation of Names
Melanorhopala infuscata Parshley 1917
Size
♂ 4.8‒5.1 mm, ♀ 5.1‒5.4 mm(1)
Range
e.US (PA‒SC‒KY)(1)
Food
Adults have been taken on bark and at sap of Liriodendron tulipifera (Magnoliaceae), on flowers of Ceanothus americanus (Rhamnaceae), and on Prunus persica (Rosaceae). We have collected single adults on Magnolia grandiflora and M. stellata, and nymphs and adults from twigs of M. X soulangiana(1)
Works Cited
1.Redescription and hosts of Melanorhopala infuscata Parshley, with notes and new distribution records for M. froeschneri...
Henry T.J., Wheeler A.L. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 917‒922.