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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 » Dictyopharid Planthoppers (Dictyopharidae) » Dictyopharinae » Scoloptini » Scolops » Subgenus Scolops (Scolops Subgenus Scolops) » The Partridge Bug (Scolops sulcipes)

Species Scolops sulcipes - The Partridge Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
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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 Dictyopharidae (Dictyopharid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Dictyopharinae
Tribe Scoloptini
Genus Scolops
No Taxon (Subgenus Scolops)
Species sulcipes (The Partridge Bug)
Explanation of Names
Scolops sulcipes (Say 1825)
Size
5-7 mm
Identification
The dense meshwork of veins in the wing tips is distinctive. --Andy Hamilton
Range
transcontinental (NB-BC to FL-TX-AZ-OR)(1)
Food
host: Convolvulus (bindweed, Convolvulaceae)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 September, 2004 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ron M., ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 16 November, 2013 - 6:14am

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