Dogwood Spittlebug
Clastoptera proteus Fitch, 1851
Dogwood Spittlebug: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/11051
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Clastoptera proteus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Clastopteridae
Genus: Clastoptera
Species:
C. proteus
Binomial name
Clastoptera proteus
Fitch, 1851

Clastoptera proteus, the dogwood spittlebug, is a species of spittlebug in the family Clastopteridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Dogwood spittlebug, Clastoptera proteus

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These 10 subspecies belong to the species Clastoptera proteus:

  • Clastoptera proteus anceps McAtee
  • Clastoptera proteus candens McAtee
  • Clastoptera proteus flava Ball
  • Clastoptera proteus hyperici McAtee
  • Clastoptera proteus nigra Ball
  • Clastoptera proteus nigricollis Fitch
  • Clastoptera proteus osceola Ball
  • Clastoptera proteus proteus
  • Clastoptera proteus seminuda Ball
  • Clastoptera proteus vittata Ball

References

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  1. ^ "Clastoptera proteus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Clastoptera proteus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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