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Subgenus Aphrophora

Meadow Spittlebug? - Aphrophora hopper - Aphrophora quadrinotata saratoga spittlebug - Aphrophora saratogensis Aphrophoridae I think? - Aphrophora quadrinotata Leafhopper type please if possible - Aphrophora alni Unidentified Leafhopper - Aphrophora irrorata Aphrophora type   - Aphrophora quadrinotata Aphrophora? - Aphrophora irrorata
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
Numbers
5 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in our area, many spp. worldwide(1)
Habitat
mainly Old World; in NA, A. quadrinotata in e. US & adjacent Canada; 2 native spp. with limited local distribution on the Pacific Coast (Vancouver Island, nw. WA, CA); and 2 adventive spp. of European origin in New England & adjacent Canada(1)
Works Cited
1.The Spittlebugs of Canada. Homoptera: Cercopidae
Hamilton, K.G.A. 1982.