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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Acanaloniid Planthoppers (Acanaloniidae) » Acanalonia » Acanalonia conica

Species Acanalonia conica

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Green leaf-like - Acanalonia conica Acanalonia conica (Say) - Acanalonia conica Leafhopper - Acanalonia conica field milkweed planthopper - Acanalonia conica Planthopper nymph - Acanalonia conica Acanalonia bivittata? - Acanalonia conica Almost there... - Acanalonia conica Planthopper - Acanalonia conica
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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Acanaloniidae (Acanaloniid Planthoppers)
Genus Acanalonia
Species conica (Acanalonia conica)
Other Common Names
Green Cone-Headed Planthopper (1)
Explanation of Names
Acanalonia conica (Say 1830)
conica 'conic' (refers to the pointed head)
Size
~6 mm
Identification
similar to A. bivittata but has a pointed head and usually lacks stripes along the inner edge of the forewings. There are 2 small black dots between the wings.

The only green humpbacked nymph (Dr Hamilton, 2.viii.2007)
Range
e. NA (QC-FL to NE-TX) - Map (2)(1), recently (2010) introduced to Italy(3) and spreading(1)
Food
polyphagous(2)
Print References
Wilson S.W., McPherson J.E. (1981) Life histories of Acanalonia bivittata and A. conica with descriptions of immature stages. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 74: 289-298.
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
3.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 April, 2005 - 1:08am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 14 May, 2023 - 7:52am

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