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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Telamonini » Telamona » Telamona excelsa

Species Telamona excelsa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Telamona, maybe T.unicolor? - Telamona excelsa - female

Pennsylvania Leafhopper - Telamona excelsa

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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)

Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)

Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)

Subfamily Smiliinae

Tribe Telamonini

Genus Telamona

Species excelsa (Telamona excelsa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Telamona unicolor Fitch 1851 [see(1)]

Helonica excelsa (Fairmaire 1846) [see(2)]

Explanation of Names

Telamona excelsa (Fairmaire)

Size

11-12 mm(3)

Identification

The striking colors of both sexes distinctive: ♀♀ brilliant grass-green, ♂♂ yellow with brown fascia (Funkhouser 1917)

Range

e. NA to sw TX - Map (2)(4)

Food

hosts: Carya spp.(3); adults also found on butternut, walnut, and basswood (Funkhouser 1917)

Remarks

One of the most active among congeners; flies well (Funkhouser 1917)

See Also

Telamona tristis Fitch

- Range: e. NA, apparently rare in the south

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017

Print References

Funkhouser W.D. (1917) Biology of the Membracidae of the Cayuga Lake Basin. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir 2: 177-445. (Full text)

Internet References

Membracidae of Florida(3)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic changes in the treehopper genera Helonica Ball, Telamona Fitch, and Palonica Ball (Hemiptera: Membracidae...) Wallace M.S. 2015. ZooTaxa 4007(2): .

2.	Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae) Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.

3.	Rothschild M.J. (2012) A checklist of the Membracidae of Florida

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 24 September, 2004 - 5:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 17 May, 2023 - 2:36pm

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