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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) » Delphacoidea » Delphacid Planthoppers (Delphacidae) » Delphacinae » Delphacini » Tarophagus » Taro Planthopper (Tarophagus colocasiae)

Species Tarophagus colocasiae - Taro Planthopper

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Tarophagus
Species colocasiae (Taro Planthopper)
Explanation of Names
Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura 1920)
Range
SE Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia), S Pacific Islands; now also Cuba, Jamaica, and Florida(1)
Food
primary host: taro (Colocasia esculenta, Araceae); nymphs can survive on a number of other plants(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 2015
Internet References
Fact sheets: Halbert & Bartlett (2015) | Plantwise Knowledge Bank (2019) | Tsatsia & Jackson (2017) |
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by Kyle Kittelberger on 6 October, 2019 - 5:56pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 20 October, 2019 - 6:14pm

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