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Treehoppers, due to their unusual appearance, have long interested naturalists. They are best known for their enlarged and ornate pronotum , expanded into often fantastic shapes that enhance their camouflage or mimicry , often resembling plant thorns (thus the commonly used name of "thorn bugs" for a number of treehopper species).
The Brazilian treehopper (Bocydium globulare) is a species of insect [1] belonging to the treehopper family (Membracidae). [2] It has unusual appendages on its thorax. While Bocydium can be found throughout the world, they are most prevalent in Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia. [3]
The basic colouration of the stocky body is dark-brown. The large protruding eyes are round and reddish-brown to red. The pronotum is hairy, arched up and pulled back in a long, wave-shaped extension above the wings, with two sharp, ear-shaped lateral protrusions (hence the Latin name cornutus, meaning "horned"). The legs are very short.
Tricentrus is a genus of tree-hoppers in the tribe Gargarini, erected by Carl Stål in 1866. [2] Species have been recorded from India, China, Japan, SE Asia and Australia; [3] the name is derived from the Greek: τρι-(three) and κέντρον (sharp points), which describes their general appearance.
Gargara is a large genus of tree-hoppers, typical of the tribe Gargarini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843. [1] There are widespread species records from Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. [2]
Candy-striped leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)Leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae.These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees.
Two-horned Treehopper(Stictocephala diceros) Tree hopper nymph Stictocephala spp. Stictocephala [1] is a genus of treehoppers in the family Membracidae; [1] in the subfamily Smiliinae and tribe Ceresini. [2] Species appear to be distributed mostly in North America, but S. bisonia has become widely distributed in Europe.
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 ...