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Species Pissonotus piceus

Planthopper - Pissonotus piceus Delphacid - Pissonotus piceus Dark planthopper with clear wings - Pissonotus piceus Planthopper - Pissonotus piceus - female Pissonotus piceus - female adult dorsal - Pissonotus piceus - female planthopper - Pissonotus piceus Pissonotus piceus
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 Delphacoidea
Family Delphacidae (Delphacid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Delphacinae
Tribe Delphacini
Genus Pissonotus
Species piceus (Pissonotus piceus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pissonotus piceus (Van Duzee, 1894)
Orig. Comb: Megamelus piceus Van Duzee, 1894
Identification
The way the white band across the wing tips is almost interrupted by a black spot is distinctive.
[Dr. Andy Hamilton]
Range
e. NA (e.TX-FL-QC-OK) - Map (1)
Remarks
Males are black, females brown
Print References
Osborn, H. (1938) The Fulgoridae of Ohio. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey. Colombus, Ohio, 6: 283-349.