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Species Cedusa californica

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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 Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Derbidae (Derbid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Breddiniolinae
Genus Cedusa
Species californica (Cedusa californica)
Explanation of Names
Cedusa californica (Van Duzee 1891)
Identification
the only species in North America that has a contrasting yellow head, although there are pictures of something similar from Japan. --Andy Hamilton
Range
w. US (OR-CA to ID-OK-TX)(1)
Food
Willow (Salix, Salicaceae)(1)
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)