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Species Lepyronia coleoptrata

Representative Images

spittlebug - Lepyronia coleoptrata Spittlebug - Lepyronia coleoptrata nymph - Lepyronia coleoptrata Spittlebug - Lepyronia coleoptrata Lepyronia coleoptrata Cercopoidea - Lepyronia coleoptrata Philaenus ? - Lepyronia coleoptrata Spittle Bug - Lepyronia coleoptrata

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 Aphrophoridae
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Cloviini
Genus Lepyronia
Species coleoptrata (Lepyronia coleoptrata)

Explanation of Names

Lepyronia coleoptrata (Linnaeus 1758)

Identification

More robust than the common L. quadrangularis, particularly in the profile of the head. [Dr Hamilton]

Range

adventive to ne. NA - Map (1)(2), native to and widespread across the Palaearctic (3)

Remarks

earliest N. Amer. record: NY 1940(1)

Works Cited

1.Short-horned bugs (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) introduced to North America
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 2. Homoptera and Heteroptera
Lehr, P. A., ed. 1988. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House.
Contributed by tom murray on 5 July, 2005 - 7:40pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 18 February, 2023 - 1:16pm

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