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Genus Siphanta

Day 87: the green stage - Siphanta acuta

Day 111: fifth instar, teneral - Siphanta acuta

Issid planthopper nymph - Siphanta acuta

Mystery treehopper? Leafhopper? - Siphanta acuta

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 Flatidae (Flatid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Flatinae

Tribe Siphantini

Genus Siphanta

Explanation of Names

Siphanta Stål 1862

Numbers

A single species in our area, >40 spp. total(1)

Range

Primarily Australian & Indomalayan, adventive in our area (CA)(1)

Internet References

Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 February, 2006 - 6:09pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 August, 2017 - 5:27pm

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