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Species Clastoptera testacea

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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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Clastopteridae (Clastopterid Spittlebugs)
Genus Clastoptera
Species testacea (Clastoptera testacea)
Explanation of Names
Clastoptera testacea Fitch 1851
Size
♂ 3.1-3.8 mm, ♀ 4.4-5.2 mm(1)
Range
e. Canada (NS-ON) south in the Appalachian Mts to NC(1)(2)
Habitat
mixed oak-pine woods(1)
Food
Adults feed on oaks (Quercus) and pines (Pinus)(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.