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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) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Aphrophoridae » Aphrophorinae » Cloviini » Lepyronia » Diamondback Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis)

Species Lepyronia quadrangularis - Diamondback Spittlebug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print 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 Cercopoidea (Spittlebugs)
Family Aphrophoridae
Subfamily Aphrophorinae
Tribe Cloviini
Genus Lepyronia
Species quadrangularis (Diamondback Spittlebug)
Other Common Names
Diamond-backed Spittle Bug
Explanation of Names
Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say 1825)
Size
8-10 mm(1)
Identification
immature
Range
e. NA to AB - Map (2)
Habitat
Locally abundant in weedy areas east of the Rocky Mts
Season
mostly: May-Oct (BG data)
Print References
Doering K.C. (1922) Biology and morphology of Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say) — Homoptera, Cercopidae. Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull. 14: 515-587. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Claude Pilon, v belov
Last updated 18 February, 2023 - 1:09pm

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