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Species Rhynchomitra microrhina

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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 microrhina (Rhynchomitra microrhina)
Explanation of Names
Rhynchomitra microrhina (Walker 1851)
microrhina 'small-nosed'
Range
e. US (NY-FL to NE-TX) to Belize(1)
Food
Known hosts: Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush, Rubiaceae), Eragrostis curvula (weeping lovegrass, Poaceae), Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow, Malvaceae)(1)