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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) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Incertae sedis » Antianthe » Solanaceous Treehopper (Antianthe expansa)

Species Antianthe expansa - Solanaceous Treehopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Internet 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 Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Smiliinae
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Antianthe
Species expansa (Solanaceous Treehopper)
Other Common Names
Keeled Treehopper
Explanation of Names
Antianthe expansa (Germar 1835)
Size
7-10 mm(1)
Range
Mainly neotropical, ranging into so. US (CA, AZ, ?FL)(1)
Food
HOSTS: solanaceous plants including tomato and eggplant(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 November, 2005 - 8:12am
Additional contributions by Graham M, v belov, TurtleDude, antarctica
Last updated 1 April, 2023 - 3:40pm

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