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Species Vanduzea triguttata - Three-spotted Treehopper

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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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Smiliinae
Tribe Amastrini
Genus Vanduzea
Species triguttata (Three-spotted Treehopper)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Vanduzea triguttata (Burmeister 1836)
= Entylia triguttata Burmeister, 1836
= Acutalis triguttata (Burmeister, 1836)
= Parmula triguttata (Burmeister, 1836)
= Cyrtolobus annexus Townsend, 1892
= Vanduzea vestita Goding, 1893
Numbers
♀ 4 mm, ♂ 3-3.5 mm(1)
Range
e US to CA, also SK-MB - Map (2)(3), most records s. Great Plains
Food
Hosts: Eupatorium capillifolium, alfalfa, oaks, Helianthus, Psoralea tenuiflora, Melilotus spp., etc.(1)
Life Cycle
Attended by ants (Formica spp.)
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