Explanation of Names
Carynota stupida (Walker 1851)
STUPIDA: a fanciful name, perhaps referring to the adult's low rounded crest (?) - the
low rounded cranium of early humanoids housed a small brain, suggesting that these creatures were relatively "stupid" compared to
Homo sapiens, which has a high domed cranium and larger brain
compare to the high rounded crest of the
Marbled Treehopper (
C. marmorata)
Identification
dark grayish with whitish spots and low rounded crest
Food
Acer (maple)
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
Betula lenta (sweet birch)
Betula populifolia (gray birch)
Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)
Remarks
page creation based on Andy Hamilton's identification of
this imageSee Also
Marbled Treehopper (
C. marmorata) has a high rounded crest
Internet References
host plant [Yellow Birch] (USDA Forest Service)
presence in Quebec; list (Montreal Insectarium, Quebec)