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Stictocephala diceros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Genus: Stictocephala
Species:
S. diceros
Binomial name
Stictocephala diceros
( Say, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Ceresa diceros (Say, 1824)
S. diceros caught in the web of an Neoscona arabesca.

Stictocephala diceros, the two-horned treehopper, is a species of hemipteran insect within the family Membracidae. [1] The species range includes much of eastern North America, which includes southeastern Canada in areas adjacent the United States border and US state regions such as the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, as well as some western states such as Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. The species inhabits temperate and hardwood forests, where it primarily feeds on American black elderberry, although its known to feed on other flowering plants such as those in the Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, and Rosaceae families. The species reaches 8 to 9 millimeters in length with a brown coloration. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ "Species Stictocephala diceros – Two-horned Treehopper". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ^ "Stictocephala diceros (Two-horned Treehopper, Membracidae) – Wild Nature Images". www.wildnatureimages.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ "Hoppers of North Carolina". auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  4. ^ "Minnesota Seasons – two-horned treehopper". www.minnesotaseasons.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stictocephala diceros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Genus: Stictocephala
Species:
S. diceros
Binomial name
Stictocephala diceros
( Say, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Ceresa diceros (Say, 1824)
S. diceros caught in the web of an Neoscona arabesca.

Stictocephala diceros, the two-horned treehopper, is a species of hemipteran insect within the family Membracidae. [1] The species range includes much of eastern North America, which includes southeastern Canada in areas adjacent the United States border and US state regions such as the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, as well as some western states such as Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. The species inhabits temperate and hardwood forests, where it primarily feeds on American black elderberry, although its known to feed on other flowering plants such as those in the Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, and Rosaceae families. The species reaches 8 to 9 millimeters in length with a brown coloration. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ^ "Species Stictocephala diceros – Two-horned Treehopper". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ^ "Stictocephala diceros (Two-horned Treehopper, Membracidae) – Wild Nature Images". www.wildnatureimages.org. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ "Hoppers of North Carolina". auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  4. ^ "Minnesota Seasons – two-horned treehopper". www.minnesotaseasons.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

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