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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Aphrophorini » Aphrophora » Subgenus Aphrophora (Aphrophora Subgenus Aphrophora) » Four-spotted Spittlebug (Aphrophora quadrinotata)

Species Aphrophora quadrinotata - Four-spotted Spittlebug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · 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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Aphrophoridae (Typical Spittlebugs)
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Aphrophorini
Genus Aphrophora
No Taxon (Subgenus Aphrophora)
Species quadrinotata (Four-spotted Spittlebug)
Other Common Names
Grape Spittlebug
Explanation of Names
Aphrophora quadrinotata Say, 1830
Identification

Dets. Kyle Kittelberger
Range
e. NA - Map (1)
Food
grass, low vegetation, Vernonia baldwinii (Baldwin's ironweed)
See Also
similar to A. alni, but with the wings widest at the midlength. [comment by Andy Hamilton]
Print References
Goding F.W. (1895) Synopsis of the subfamilies and genera of the North American Cercopidae, with a bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the described species of North America. III. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa, 3: 483-501.
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 2 October, 2005 - 10:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 6 September, 2024 - 12:54pm

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