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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) » Membracinae » Membracini » Enchenopa » Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes)

Species Enchenopa latipes - Wide-footed Treehopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Widefooted Treehopper - Enchenopa latipes

Campylenchia latipes - Enchenopa latipes

Thorn-like tree hopper nymph - Enchenopa latipes

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 Membracinae

Tribe Membracini

Genus Enchenopa

Species latipes (Wide-footed Treehopper)

Other Common Names

Eastern Thornhopper

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Enchenopa rugosa (Fowler, 1884)

Campylenchia latipes

Explanation of Names

Enchenopa latipes (Say 1824)

Size

♀ 9 mm, ♂ 7.5 mm(1)

Identification

The only species in the east with this appearance (forward-pointing horn). Hind legs are spiny, front legs are leaf-like.

Nymph:

Adult:

Range

throughout NA (1),(2)

Season

mostly June-Oct (BG data)

Life Cycle

Associated with herbaceous plants, especially Asteraceae (1), and often found, in particular, on goldenrod (3).

Remarks

generally tended by ants

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.

3.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, John S. Ascher, v belov, Fyn Kynd, antarctica
Last updated 25 October, 2020 - 5:17pm

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