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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) » Microleafhoppers (Typhlocybinae) » Erythroneurini » Hymetta » Hymetta balteata

Species Hymetta balteata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · 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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Typhlocybinae (Microleafhoppers)
Tribe Erythroneurini
Genus Hymetta
Species balteata (Hymetta balteata)
Explanation of Names
Hymetta balteata McAtee 1919
balteata = 'wearing a girdle/shoulder-band'
Size
3.1–3.4 mm(1)
Identification
whitish overall with distinctive pattern of grayish-brown blotches and banding on wings
Range
e. US - Map (1)(2)
Season
Apr-Nov in AL
Food
Polyphagous, some hosts: grape (Vitis, Vitaceae), poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) Illinois Wildflowers
See Also
H. anthisma (red dots mostly at wing base)
Print References
McAtee, W.L. (1919) A new genus for Tettigonia trifasciata Say (Homoptera; Eupterygidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, 32: 121–124.
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003‒) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 May, 2005 - 5:16pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 July, 2023 - 1:46pm

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