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Fulgoroidea
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment and from the fact that they often "hop" for quick transportation in a similar way to that of grasshoppers. However, planthoppers generally walk very slowly so as not to attract attention. Distributed worldwide, all members of this group are plant-feeders, though surprisingly few are considered pests. The...
18 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Lanternflies
familyFulgoridae
Flatid Planthoppers
familyFlatidae
Ricaniid Planthoppers
familyRicaniidae
Issid Planthoppers
familyIssidae
Acanaloniid Planthoppers
familyAcanaloniidae
Derbid Planthoppers
familyDerbidae
Dictyopharid Planthoppers
familyDictyopharidae
Squathoppers
familyEurybrachidae
Achilid Planthoppers
familyAchilidae
Tropiduchid Planthoppers
familyTropiduchidae
Nogodinid Planthoppers
familyNogodinidae
Lophopid Planthoppers
familyLophopidae
Piglet Bugs
familyCaliscelidae
Tettigometrid Planthoppers
familyTettigometridae
Achilixiid Planthoppers
familyAchilixiidae
Thiscia
genusThiscia
Hypochthonellid Planthoppers
familyHypochthonellidae
Gengid Planthoppers
familyGengidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52073.