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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 » Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae) » Poiocerinae » Poiocerini » Poblicia » Poblicia fuliginosa

Species Poblicia fuliginosa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Big One - Poblicia fuliginosa - female Nymph - Poblicia fuliginosa hopper - Poblicia fuliginosa Large, black leafhopper with white specks - Poblicia fuliginosa Fulgorid Planthopper - Poblicia fuliginosa Poblicia fuliginosa? - Poblicia fuliginosa Plant hopper? - Poblicia fuliginosa Black plant hopper - Poblicia fuliginosa
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 Fulgoridae (Fulgorid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Poiocerinae
Tribe Poiocerini
Genus Poblicia
Species fuliginosa (Poblicia fuliginosa)
Explanation of Names
Poblicia fuliginosa (Olivier 1791)
fuliginosa = 'sooty'
Range
e. US to se. Calif. (MD-GA-MS to MT(?), AZ) / n. Mex. - Map (1)(2), most records sw. ILL to AZ
Food
hosts: Rhus spp., esp. R. copallinum (Anacardiaceae) in the east; Baccharis sarothroides & Brickellia (Asteraceae) in the southwest(1)
Remarks
These are nearly impossible to capture by hand netting, they are rocket propelled. (V.A. Brou, Jr., pers. comm. to MAQ, 2012)
Internet References
Genus page - Univ. Delaware(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 July, 2006 - 5:44pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 August, 2023 - 8:12am

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