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Planthoppers
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Planthoppers

Fulgoromorpha

A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment and from the fact that they often "hop" for quick transportation in a similar way to that of grasshoppers. However, planthoppers generally walk very slowly so as not to attract attention. Distributed worldwide, all members of this group are plant-feeders, though surprisingly few are considered pests. The...

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5 branches of this group, most-observed first

Fulgoroidea

superfamilyFulgoroidea

Delphacoidea

superfamilyDelphacoidea

Meenoploidea

superfamilyMeenoploidea

Coleoscytoidea

superfamilyColeoscytoidea

Surijokocixioidea

superfamilySurijokocixioidea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 372860.