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Subgenus Plesiommata

Saratoga spittlebug - Aphrophora saratogensis Spittlebug - Aphrophora gelida Aphrophora sp. ? - Aphrophora White-striped hopper - Aphrophora saratogensis Spittlebug - Aphrophora species? - Aphrophora saratogensis Douglas-fir Spittlebug - Aphrophora permutata Spruce Spittlebug (Aphrophora parallella) - Aphrophora parallella Spittlebug - Aphrophora
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 Plesiommata
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
NB: apparently a junior homonym of Plesiommata Provancher 1889 [Cicadellidae]
Explanation of Names
The subgenus name means "close-set ocelli," according to Andy Hamilton's comment here.