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Keeled treehoppers mothers exhibit parental care and spend time protecting their egg masses. [5] They are phloem feeders, and their diet consists of liquids extracted from plants. [ 6 ] Plant sap, while a convenient material to feed on, is lacking in many different nutrients including essential amino acids . [ 7 ]
Antianthe expansa, known generally as the keeled tree hopper or solanaceous treehopper, is a species of treehopper in the family Membracidae. [1] [2] [3] Subspecies
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).
Melizoderidae is a family of treehoppers restricted to South America with only two genera, Melizoderes and Llanquihuea. The nymphs of melizoderids have the tergum of the 9th segment concealing the anal opening from above. The frontoclypeus (forehead) is convex and extended forward and below.
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.
Enchenopa is a genus of treehoppers in the family Membracidae. There are more than 50 described species in Enchenopa. [1] [2] [3] The genus underwent a major revision 2014, resulting in 51 species. Enchenopa binotata is a species complex made up of multiple species, often identified by their host plants. [1]
Meenoplidae is a family of fulgoromorph planthoppers that are closely related to the Kinnaridae.They are small, with tent-like wings and usually are less than a centimetre long and a little more than a 100 species in around 25 genera are known with a distribution restricted to the Old World.
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 ...