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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) » Membracinae » Hoplophorionini » Platycotis » Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata)
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Treehopper - Platycotis vittata
Copyright © 2014 Kenneth E. Barnett

Treehopper - Platycotis vittata
Coconut Creek, Broward County, Florida, USA
February 7, 2014
Oak Treehopper? If so, new month, new county. :-)
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Contributed by Kenneth E. BARNETT on 7 February, 2014 - 12:51pm
Last updated 16 April, 2016 - 9:00am

tree hopper
so what exactly is it???
… Scott Stiepleman, 19 May, 2014 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
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Scott,
Welcome to Bugguide. Click on the "Info" button above, for complete information on this species.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 20 May, 2014 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Moved to Platycotis vittata - Oak Treehopper
Moved from ID Request.

Adds February for Florida on BG
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 February, 2014 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

Agree ...
A highly variable treehopper ... hard to believe some are the same species :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 7 February, 2014 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

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