Clastoptera achatina, the pecan spittlebug, is a species of spittlebug in the family Clastopteridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
Clastoptera achatina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Clastopteridae |
Genus: | Clastoptera |
Species: | C. achatina
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Binomial name | |
Clastoptera achatina Germar, 1839
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References
edit- ^ "Clastoptera achatina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Clastoptera achatina". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Clastoptera achatina species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Doering, Kathleen C. (1928). "The Genus Clastoptera in America North of Mexico". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 18 (1): 5–154. ISSN 0022-8850.
External links
edit- Media related to Clastoptera achatina at Wikimedia Commons