Carynota marmorata
| Carynota marmorata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Membracidae |
| Genus: | Carynota |
| Species: | C. marmorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Carynota marmorata Say, 1830
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Carynota marmorata, commonly known as the marbled treehopper,[1] is a species of treehopper.[1][2][3] It was first described by Thomas Say in 1830.[1]
Habitat
Carynota marmorata is found in the mid-western and eastern United States and eastern Canada.[2] It feeds on multiple types of trees, including:
- Alnus incana (gray alder)
- Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
- Corylus americana (American hazelnut)
- Populus (cottonwood)
- Quercus alba (white oak)[1]
Description
Carynota marmorata has a fairly high, rounded, brown-colored pronotum riddled with yellowish white spots. Adults are 8 millimetres in length and 4 millimetres in width.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Species Carynota marmorata – Marbled Treehopper". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ a b "Carynota marmorata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ a b "Hoppers of North Carolina". auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-05.