Species Bruchomorpha oculata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

CaliscelidaeX2 - Bruchomorpha oculata - male - female

Small, dark insect with small wings - Bruchomorpha oculata

UDCC_TCN 00103682 - Bruchomorpha oculata - female

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 Caliscelidae (Piglet Bugs)

Tribe Peltonotellini

Genus Bruchomorpha

Species oculata (Bruchomorpha oculata)

Explanation of Names

Bruchomorpha oculata Newman 1838

Identification

last key couplet: "Ventral margin of postclypeus deeply concave; nasal process slightly bulbous, with a distinct slant; a uniform dark species with only a trace of a median tannish or bronze stripe on head and thorax" (1)

Det. Lois O'Brien, 2009

Range

e. NA to NM-CO (QC-FL to MN-CO-NM)(1)

Food

weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula, Poaceae) (Wilson & Wheeler 2010),(1)

Print References

Newman, E. 1838. Entomological notes. Entomological Magazine 5: 372-402.

Wilson, S.W. and J.E. McPherson. 1981. Descriptions of the immature stages of Bruchomorpha oculata with notes on Laboratory rearing. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 74: 341-344.

Wilson, S.W. and A.G. Wheeler Jr. 2010. Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) diversity of weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula), an introduced host of little known, rarely collected native species. Entomologica Americana 116(3/4): 98–106.

Internet References

Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)

Works Cited

1.	Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 6 September, 2005 - 6:03pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
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