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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 Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Telamonini » Archasia » Archasia auriculata

Species Archasia auriculata

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Black Oak Treehopper - Archasia auriculata

Hopper with company - Archasia auriculata

Archasia auriculata (Fitch) - Archasia auriculata

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 Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)

Subfamily Smiliinae

Tribe Telamonini

Genus Archasia

Species auriculata (Archasia auriculata)

Other Common Names

Eared Treehopper

Explanation of Names

Archasia auriculata (Fitch 1851)

auriculata ='eared'

Size

9-11 mm(1)

Identification

The green crest edged with brown spots is distinctive. --K.G.A. Hamilton

Range

e US to CO-NM - Map (1)(2), (mostly sc US) (3)

Season

Apr-Jun in c. TX(4)

Food

Castanea dentata (American chestnut)

Carya (hickory)

Eupatorium (thoroughwart)

Quercus alba (white oak)

Q. chapmanii (Chapman oak)

Q. ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Q. falcata (southern red oak)

Q. gambelii (Gambel oak)

Q. ilicifolia (bear or scrub oak)

Q. macrocarpa (bur oak)

Q. marilandica (blackjack oak)

Q. muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak)

Q. nigra (water oak)

Q. palustris (pin oak)

Q. rubra (northern red oak)

Q. stellata (post oak)

Q. velutina (black oak)

Verbena hastata (swamp verbena)

[Wallace, 2014]

Remarks

Uncommon(4)(1)

See Also

A. belfragei

- Range: e. N. Amer.

Det. Jon Rapp, 2013

Internet References

Membracidae of Florida(1)

Works Cited

1.	Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida

2.	Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae) Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.

Contributed by tom murray on 20 January, 2008 - 1:35pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Graham M, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 3 May, 2021 - 12:00pm

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