Hugo A. Cordo, USDA ARS - South American Biological Control Laboratory, Bugwood.org
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Image Number: 1319091
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Grey-white nymphs of Taosa plant hoppers feed on heavily damaged water-hyacinth. The sap-sucking insects not only damage and weaken the weed, they introduce plant pathogens.
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Field
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Subject
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Hexapoda |
| Class: Insecta |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Hemiptera |
| Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: Fulgoroidea |
| Family: Dictyopharidae |
| Subfamily: Dictyopharinae |
| Tribe: Dictyopharini |
| Genus: Taosa |
| Subject: Taosa inexacta Walker |
Host
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Liliopsida |
| Subclass: Liliidae |
| Order: Liliales |
| Family: Pontederiaceae |
| Genus: Pontederia |
| Subject: Pontederia crassipes Martius |
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Image uploaded:
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Image last updated:
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
