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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 » Nersiini » Rhynchomitra » Rhynchomitra recurva

Species Rhynchomitra recurva

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 Nersiini
Genus Rhynchomitra
Species recurva (Rhynchomitra recurva)
Explanation of Names
Rhynchomitra recurva (Metcalf 1923)
recurva 'bent backwards'
Identification
Head broader, less tapered than in R. microrhina
Range
se. US (NC-FL-TX)(1)
Food
Known host: Eragrostis curvula (weeping lovegrass, Poaceae)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 September, 2008 - 9:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, dvoribird
Last updated 25 September, 2021 - 9:16pm

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