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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 » Telamonini » Archasia » Archasia pallida

Species Archasia pallida

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Treehopper, Archasia palladia? - Archasia pallida

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

Tribe Telamonini

Genus Archasia

Species pallida (Archasia pallida)

Explanation of Names

Archasia pallida (Fairmaire 1846)

Size

8-9 mm(1)

Identification

Crest lower than the others in the genus (twice as long as high) and there are more black spots above the eye. The pale, striped legs also seem to be distinctive. --K.G.A. Hamilton, 2010

Range

e US to AZ(1),(2)

Food

Quercus palustris (pin oak)

Quercus phellos (willow oak)

[Wallace, 2014]

Remarks

rare (K.G.A. Hamilton, 2010)

Print References

Flynn D.J., Balme G.R., Deitz L.L., Rothschild M.J. (2003) Archasia pallida (Fairmaire) (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in North Carolina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105(4): 1060-1061.

Internet References

Membracidae of Florida(1)

Works Cited

1.	Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida

2.	Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae) Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 3 August, 2010 - 9:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Graham M, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 13 March, 2021 - 1:55pm

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