Metcalfa
Appearance
Metcalfa | |
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Metcalfa pruinosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
Family: | Flatidae |
Tribe: | Nephesini |
Genus: | Metcalfa Caldwell & Martorell, 1951 |
Metcalfa is a genus of planthoppers in the Flatidae family and the tribe Nephesini. Species are essentially North American in origin, but M. pruinosa has been introduced to Europe (including Britain).[1]
Description
[edit]Usually, adults of Metcalfa are 5.5 to 8 mm in length and 2 to 3 mm in width at the widest point.
Species
[edit]- Metcalfa frigida (Metcalf & Bruner, 1948)
- Metcalfa persea (Metcalf & Bruner, 1948)
- Metcalfa pruinosa (Say, 1830)
- Metcalfa regularis (Fowler, 1900)
- Metcalfa siboney (Metcalf & Bruner, 1948)
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References
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