Telamona excelsa is a species of treehopper in the family Membracidae.[1][2] It was first described by Léon Fairmaire in 1846.
| Telamona excelsa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Membracidae |
| Genus: | Telamona |
| Species: | T. excelsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Telamona excelsa Fairmaire
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Description edit
Males of T. excelsa have a typical yellow-brown pronotum, with the front of the pronotal crest being dark brown. Females, however, are generally green-coloured. The pronotum is edged with black or brown, and have a higher pronotal crest. Males are 11 milimetres long while females are 12 milimetres long.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat edit
Telamona excelsa can be found in southwestern, central, and eastern United States and southeastern Canada.[2][3]
Diet edit
The following genera and species of trees are the hosts of T. excelsa:
- Castanea dentata (American chestnut)
- Carya (hickory)
- Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
- Carya illinoinensis (pecan)
- Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
- Carya glabra (pignut hickory)
- Carya pallida (sand hickory)
- Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
- Juglans (walnut)
- J. cinerea (butternut)
- J. nigra (black walnut)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
- Quercus alba (white oak)
- Q. macrocarpa (bur oak)
- Q. phellos (willow oak)
- Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)
- Tilia americana (American basswood)
- Vitis (grape)
References edit
- ^ "Telamona excelsa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b c "Telamona excelsa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b "Hoppers of North Carolina". auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
External links edit
Media related to Telamona excelsa at Wikimedia Commons
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