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Family Fulgoridae - Fulgorid Planthoppers

I Really Don't Know What This Is.... - Amycle pinyonae Fulgorid Planthopper - Calyptoproctus marmoratus Fulgorid, Scolopsella reticulata? - Scolopsella reticulata Big One - Poblicia fuliginosa - female hopper 87 - Cyrpoptus Calyptoproctus marmoratus Nymph, Spotted lanternfly - Lycorma delicatula Alphina glauca at UV light set up - Alphina glauca
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)
Explanation of Names
Fulgoridae Latreille 1820
Numbers
17 spp. in 9 genera in our area, >700 spp. in 135 genera worldwide(1)(2)
Size
large planthoppers; our spp. mostly exceed 7 mm, tropical forms can reach 95 mm(1)
Range
mostly tropical; in our area, southern (most diverse in TX)(1)
Food
feed on trees & shrubs through the bark; a few taxa are grass feeding(1)
Remarks
Some are parasitized by Fulgoraecia exigua
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