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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Penthimiini » Penthimia

Genus Penthimia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Works Cited
Leafhopper - Penthimia americana Unknown Plant Hopper ? - Penthimia americana Reddish Hopper - Penthimia americana Leafhopper - Penthimia americana Leafhopper - Penthimia americana Thing(s) on leaf? - Penthimia americana dark brown bug - Penthimia americana dark brown bug - Penthimia americana
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 Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Penthimiini
Genus Penthimia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated in its own subfamily (Penthimiinae)
Explanation of Names
Penthimia Germar 1821
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1), ~90 spp. total(2)
NOTE: the notation citing the taxonomic authority of the listed species may have been inputted erroneously. This is pending correction.
Penthimia americana (Fitch, 1851): eastern and central U.S. and Canada; MT, CO
Penthimia floridana (Lawson, 1933): southeastern U.S.
Penthimia nigropicea (Motschulsky, 1863): LA
Penthimia trimaculata (Motschulsky, 1863): LA
Food
often associated with oaks
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 April, 2005 - 11:45pm
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 9:30pm

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