Genus Smilia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Smilia camelus (Fabricius) - Smilia camelus

Treehopper, Smilia camelus? - Smilia camelus

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

Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)

Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)

Subfamily Smiliinae

Tribe Smiliini

Genus Smilia

Explanation of Names

Smilia Germar 1833

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1)

Range

S. camelus widespread in e. NA and reaches se. Canada, TX, CA; S. fasciata NJ-FL & NE(1)

Food

Host plants: Rhus, Robinia, Quercus, Carya(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. (team leaders), et al. (2010-) Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 13 January, 2005 - 9:23pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 December, 2013 - 11:44am

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