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Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5529055

dogwood spittlebug (Clastoptera proteus Fitch, 1851) Fitch, 1851

Photographer:
Bruce Watt
Organization:
University of Maine
Descriptor:
Sign
Description:
Nymph barely hidden in foam (spittle)
Image type:
Field
Host:
dogwood (Cornus spp. L)

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Image location:
, Penobscot County, Maine

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Cercopoidea
Family: Clastopteridae
Subfamily: Clastopterinae
Tribe: Clastopterini
Genus: Clastoptera
Subject: Clastoptera proteus Fitch, 1851

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Cornales
Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus
Subject: Cornus spp. L
Node Affiliation:
Cornell University
Image uploaded:
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Image last updated:
Sunday, March 22, 2015