Biology:Platycotis minax
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Short description: Species of treehopper
| Platycotis minax | |
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| Playtcotis minax photographed by Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, Humboldt County, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Membracidae |
| Genus: | Platycotis |
| Species: | P. minax
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| Binomial name | |
| Platycotis minax Goding, 1892
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Platycotis minax is a species of leafhopper native to California.[1][2] It was first described by diplomat and entomologist Frederic Webster Goding in 1892.[2] According to the U.S. Forest Service, in southern California P. minax is found on coast live oak and possibly other oaks.[3]
References
- ↑ "Platycotis minax" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49020-Platycotis-minax.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the described Membracidae of North America. By F. W. Goding ..." (in en). p. 454. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924018290092?urlappend=%3Bseq=68.
- ↑ Swiecki, Tedmund J.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. (2006). A Field Guide to Insects and Diseases of California Oaks (Report). Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR-197. Albany, California: U.S. Forest Service Treesearch Department. pp. 42. doi:10.2737/PSW-GTR-197. Template:PD-inline
Wikidata ☰ Q10633297 entry
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