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Genus Archasia

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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
Tribe Telamonini
Genus Archasia
Explanation of Names
Archasia (Stål, 1867)
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area(1)(2)
Archasia auriculata (Fitch, 1851): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Archasia belfragei (Stål, 1869): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Archasia pallida (Fairmaire, 1846): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Range
e. & so. US and e. Canada(1)
Food
Host plants: Robinia, Quercus, Platanus, Malus, Prunus, Vitis [+some questionable records](2)
Works Cited
1.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.
2.Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. (team leaders), et al. (2010-) Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 28 April, 2006 - 7:04am
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 3 March, 2021 - 9:59am

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