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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Derbid Planthoppers (Derbidae) » Otiocerinae » Otiocerini » Otiocerus

Genus Otiocerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

orange and white moth - Otiocerus coquebertii

I think this might be Otiocerus francilloni - Otiocerus francilloni

Pennsylvania Planthopper - Otiocerus wolfii

Otiocerus reaumurii - Otiocerus reaumurii

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 Derbidae (Derbid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Otiocerinae

Tribe Otiocerini

Genus Otiocerus

Explanation of Names

Otiocerus Kirby 1821

Numbers

9 spp. in our area, 14 total(1)

Otiocerus abbotii Kirby, 1821: eastern U.S. and Canada

Otiocerus amyotii Fitch, 1856: eastern to central U.S. and Canada

Otiocerus coquebertii Kirby, 1821: eastern and central U.S. and Canada

Otiocerus francilloni Kirby, 1821: eastern U.S.

Otiocerus kirbyii Fitch, 1851: eastern to central U.S. and Canada

Otiocerus reaumurii Kirby, 1821: eastern to central U.S. and Canada

Otiocerus stollii Kirby, 1821: eastern to central U.S. and Canada

Otiocerus wolfii Kirby, 1821: eastern to central U.S. and Canada

extralimital species

Otiocerus breviceps Fowler, 1900: Panama

Otiocerus fontis Fennah, 1952

Otiocerus lyncaeste Fennah, 1952

Otiocerus regalis Fennah, 1952

Otiocerus schoenherri Stål, 1859

Otiocerus venustus Fowler, 1900: Guatemala, Panama

Range

se. Canada to Panama, W. Indies(1)

Food

food plants are deciduous trees(2)

Internet References

Genus page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America

2.	The Fulgoridae or plant-hoppers of Mississippi. Dozier, H.L. 1922. Discertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus. 152 pp.

Contributed by tom murray on 13 May, 2005 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 7:28pm

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