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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 » Smiliini » Cyrtolobus » Cyrtolobus dixianus

Species Cyrtolobus dixianus

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

Plant hopper 3 June 2008 - Cyrtolobus dixianus

Treehopper - Cyrtolobus dixianus - female

Green Treehopper - Cyrtolobus dixianus - male

Membracid 18 - Cyrtolobus dixianus - male

Pardon Me! - Cyrtolobus dixianus - male - female

White-spotted green treehopper - Cyrtolobus dixianus - female

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 Smiliini

Genus Cyrtolobus

Species dixianus (Cyrtolobus dixianus)

Explanation of Names

Cyrtolobus dixianus Woodruff 1924

dixianus refers to the type locality in Alabama

Size

♀ 6-7 mm, ♂ 5 mm(1)

Identification

Both genders polymorphic(2)

Range

e. NA - Map (1)(3)(4)

Season

26 Apr-26 May in NC(5); 22 Mar-10 May in FL(1); common in mid-June in PA(6)

Food

Quercus spp. (5)(6)

Internet References

Membracidae of Florida(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	Treehopper diversity (Hemiptera: Membracidae) of Little Orleans, Allegany Co., Maryland Bartlett C.R., Deitz L.L., Rothschild M.J., Wallace M.S. 2008. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 101: 130-143.

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

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Checklist and host plants of the treehoppers of North Carolina Dietrich C.H., Rothschild M.J., Deitz L.L. 1999. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 101: 242-262.

6.	Occurrence of treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae:Smiliinae) on oaks in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, 2004–2006 Wallace M.S. 2008. J. Insect Sci. 8(59): 1-16.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 April, 2011 - 9:37am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 February, 2023 - 12:00pm

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