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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 » Penthimia americana

Species Penthimia americana

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Works Cited
Small leaf hopper? - Penthimia americana leafhopper - Penthimia americana Unidentified nymph or pupa - Penthimia americana leafhopper - Penthimia americana - female Penthimia americana Penthimia americana - male Penthimia americana - female Penthimia americana? - 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
Species americana (Penthimia americana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Penthimia vicaria Walker, 1851
Penthimia picta Provancher 1872 is treated as a jun.syn. of P. americana Fitch in(1)
Explanation of Names
Penthimia americana Fitch 1851
Range
e. NA to MT (QC-FL to ON-MT-TX) - Map (1)(2)
Food
Often associated with oaks [Andy Hamilton]
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 April, 2005 - 11:48pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, TurtleDude
Last updated 21 April, 2023 - 1:38pm

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