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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 » 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
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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 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

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