Biology:Telamona ampelopsidis

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Short description: Species of treehopper

Telamona ampelopsidis
Telamona ampelopsidis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Genus: Telamona
Species:
T. ampelopsidis
Binomial name
Telamona ampelopsidis
(Harris, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Membracis ampelopsidis Harris 1841
  • Telamona tigrina Ball, 1931

Telamona ampelopsidis, also known as the Virginia creeper treehopper, is one of the 38 species of treehopper in the genus Telamona. Males are usually 8-9 millimetres while females are 10 millimetres.[1] They have a brown-coloured pattern across the pronotum and they vary slightly; some can be almost black and some can be light brown.[2]

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