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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) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Clastopterid Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae) » Clastoptera » proteus group (Clastoptera proteus group) » Heath Spittlebug (Clastoptera saintcyri)

Species Clastoptera saintcyri - Heath Spittlebug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Spittlebug - Clastoptera saintcyri Cercopidae Clastoptera ? - Clastoptera saintcyri Spittlebug pair - Clastoptera saintcyri - male - female Heath Spittlebug - Clastoptera saintcyri Clastoptera saintcyri Clastoptera saintcyri Clastoptera saintcyri Heath Spittlebug (Clastoptera saintcyri)? - Clastoptera saintcyri
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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Clastopteridae (Clastopterid Spittlebugs)
Genus Clastoptera
No Taxon (proteus group)
Species saintcyri (Heath Spittlebug)
Explanation of Names
Clastoptera saintcyri Provancher 1872
Size
♂ 2.7-3.5 mm, ♀ 3.2-4.1 mm(1)
Range
e. NA to Brazos R., e. TX (NS-NC to ON-WI) - Map (2)(1)(3)
Habitat
heath situations in mixed pine-maple woods(1)
Food
nymphal hosts: Vaccinium macrocarpon and probably many other Ericaceae; adults feed on various Ericaceae(1)
Internet References
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 16 May, 2005 - 8:40am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 8 October, 2023 - 12:47pm

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