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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 ...
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 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.
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.
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 ]
Male E. binotata 'Ptelea' treehopper from an Illinois population signaling at 24 °C E. binotata male signal that contains 2 signals in 1 bout with 2 pulses each. Male E. binotata treehoppers make substrate-borne vibrations on the stems, petioles, and leaves of their host plants that travel throughout the plant.
Telamona ampelopsidis, like all treehoppers, feeds on the sap from under leaves. However, T. ampelopsidis exclusively feeds on the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia). The Virginia creeper was once placed in the genus Ampelopsis at the time that Thaddeus William Harris described the species in 1841, hence the species epithet ...
The subgenus Lecythifera is also characterized by the presence of an intermediate process of the pronotum, and by a toothless anterior process. However, unlike in Cladonota, the intermediate process is not surpassed by the anterior process.