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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Tropiduchid Planthoppers (Tropiduchidae) » Elicini » Dictyonissus » Dictyonissus griphus

Species Dictyonissus griphus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Dictyonissus griphus Uhler - Dictyonissus griphus lacy-winged planthopper - Dictyonissus griphus hopper nymph - Dictyonissus griphus Planthopper juvenile - Dictyonissus griphus Dictyonissus griphus Uhler - Dictyonissus griphus Dictyonissus griphus Dictyonissus griphus Dictyonissus griphus nymph with Leptus genus ? mite - Dictyonissus griphus
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 Tropiduchidae (Tropiduchid Planthoppers)
Tribe Elicini
Genus Dictyonissus
Species griphus (Dictyonissus griphus)
Other Common Names
Intricate Planthopper
Explanation of Names
Dictyonissus griphus Uhler 1876
griphus (Gr.) 'fishing-basket/anything intricate'
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Range
CA, TX / ne. Mex. (Tamps, NL) - Map (2)(3), mostly sw. TX to Brazos R. southward
Season
May-Nov (4), (BG data)
Food
none reported(2)
Print References
Uhler, P.R. 1889. New genera and species of American Homoptera. Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Sciences 1: 33-44.
Internet References
Genus Page - Univ. Delaware(2)
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
2.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.A preliminary catalogue of the described Species of the family Fulgoridae of North America, north of Mexico
Swezey, O.H. 1904. Ohio Dept. Agriculture. 48 pp. 1904. Ohio Dept. Agriculture.
Contributed by v belov on 7 July, 2011 - 7:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 January, 2023 - 3:53pm

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