Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Dictyopharid Planthoppers (Dictyopharidae) » Dictyopharinae » Scoloptini » Scolops » Subgenus Scolops (Scolops Subgenus Scolops) » Scolops pungens

Species Scolops pungens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Scolops robustus? - Scolops pungens Curculionidae? - Scolops pungens To share: Scolops pungens from THE BACK YARD. - Scolops pungens Scolops pungens (Germar) - Scolops pungens Scolops - Scolops pungens Dictyopharidae, dorsal - Scolops pungens Scolops pungens (Germar) - Scolops pungens Scolops pungens
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 Dictyopharidae (Dictyopharid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Dictyopharinae
Tribe Scoloptini
Genus Scolops
No Taxon (Subgenus Scolops)
Species pungens (Scolops pungens)
Explanation of Names
Scolops pungens (Germar 1830)
Identification
The wing margin has dark markings, unlike S. angustatus which has an unmarked wing margin. The venation is simpler than in S. sulcipes. (Dr Hamilton)

Det. A. Hamilton, 2011
Range
e. US (CT-ND south to NC-MS-TX) + ON-?SK(1)
Food
host: annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Asteraceae)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 13 August, 2008 - 7:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 August, 2017 - 10:31am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact