Diamond-backed spittlebug

Lepyronia quadrangularis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphrophoridae

Lepyronia quadrangularis is a species of spittle bug that can be found in many places in the world. The adults are brownish with two oblique darker brown bands that strike across their fore wings (hemelytra). The fore wings are also marked with a small blackish curve at their tips.

Distribution

Diamond-backed spittlebug — (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Judy Gallagher · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,512Canada · 97Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Judy Gallagher · CC-BY-SA DescriptionLepyronia quadrangularis, Wikipedia contributors

Diamond-backed spittlebug

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