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Common Name:
Diamondbacked Spittlebug

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cercopidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Lepyronia quadrangularis

Hodges No:

Location:

Vinalhaven, ME
USA
GPS: 44.043334,-68.819003

Date: 8/15/11

Stage:
Sex:
Notes:

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Lepyronia quadrangularis Cercopidae
Diamondbacked Spittlebug
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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