Tropiduchid Planthoppers

Tropiduchidae

Classification

Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Family: Tropiduchidae

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Tropiduchidae: //ˌtrɒpɪˈdjuːkɪdiː//

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Images

Danepteryx barbarae by Ken-ichi Ueda. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Pelitropis rotulata by AmaryllisGardener. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Summary

Tropiduchidae is a family of planthoppers in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 600 described species in Tropiduchidae, with 64 species in 12 genera reported in our area.

Habitat

On monocots

Distribution

Across the south, north to WA in the west and NC in the east