Stictocephala bisonia (Membracidae) - top view (9047662297)

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Description: L: 7-10mm This "beauty" is another North American Invader - cousin of the native treehopper Centrotus cornutus - www.flickr.com/photos/gbohne/7815301460/ that threatens cultivators of Roses & Wine. This tree hopper feeds on various plants, for oviposition it prefers especially Rosa; Rosaceae like (Crataegus and fruit trees in general), but grapevines (Vitis, Vitaceae) and less common other wooden plants (groves) and sometimes this treehopper feeds on herbaceous plants, too. Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Subclass: Pterygota Order: Hemiptera (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe) Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (Zikaden) Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Rundkopfzikaden) Superfamily: Membracoidea Family: Membracidae (Treehoppers, Buckelzirpen) Subfamily: Smiliinae STÅL, 1866 Tribus: Ceresini GODING, 1892 Genus: Stictocephala STÅL, 1869 Stictocephala bisonia KOPP & YONKE, 1977 (buffalo treehopper, Amerikanische Büffelzikade) some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_treehopper more info (German): www.naturspaziergang.de/Zikaden/Stictocephala_bisonia.htm NE-Germany, Berlin: vic. Schönefeld (airport), ca. 40-50m asl., 18.08.2011 ________________________________________________________________________ 100mm macro 2.8 (canon), 1/125s, f/16, ISO200, 0EV, ring-flash, hand-held IMG_4347. Date: 18 August 2011, 13:37. Source: Stictocephala bisonia (Membracidae) - top view. Author: gbohne from Berlin, Germany.