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Species Caliscelis bonellii

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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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Caliscelidae (Piglet Bugs)
Subfamily Caliscelinae
Tribe Caliscelini
Genus Caliscelis
Species bonellii (Caliscelis bonellii)
Explanation of Names
Caliscelis bonellii (Latreille 1807)
Identification
distinctive: strong sexual dimorphism, front legs greatly modified(1)
Range
adventive in CA-OR (1)(2)(BG data); native to Europe/Mediterranean
Food
Known hosts: Cynodon dactylon (Bermudagrass)(1)
Remarks
earliest NA record: CA 1965(2)