Cedar Creek
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Insects of Cedar Creek
Order HOMOPTERA
Family MEMBRACIDAE
(Treehoppers)
(Table of Species)
CENTROTINAE
Microcentrus sp
has been collected from Bur Oak.
MEMBRACINAE
Campylenchia latipes
is fairly common on weedy Asteraceae. This species is small, dark
brown, with pronotum extending hornlike over the head. Only a few
specimens of Enchenopa binotata
have
been collected from Black Cherry.
SMILIINAE--POLYGLYPTINI
Publilia modesta
is sometimes found in abundance on Solidago gigantea and Artemisia
ludoviciana. This small species is extremely polymorphic in coloration--ranging
from pale green to dark brown. Publilia
concava is more at home on Circium and
Helianthus
in shaded situations. Entylia
bactriana is a small dark species with the dorsal crest deeply
notched. Vanduzea
triguttata is a small hairy species that is sometimes found
in abundance on lead plant (Amorpha canescens) or purple prairie
clover (Petalostemum purpureum) in savanna regions.
SMILIINAE--CERESINI
Species of shrub-feeding Stictocephala
(ca 7 spp) are common in savanna regions in the fall. These species are
Green or Brown with pronounced humeral horns on the hoodlike pronotum.
Species collected include: S. bubalis, S. taurinus,
S.
diceros,
S. brevitylus,
S. basalis,
S.
lutea, and
S. ?palmeri.
Stictocephala lutea
(Tortistilus inermis?)
is a common species taken from a variety of fields in late spring.
SMILIINAE--SMILIINI
Smilia camelus
is a woodland species that feeds on the foliage of young Pin Oaks (Quercus
ellipsoidalis). It is laterally compressed with a fair sized
pronotal crest. Numerous individuals of oak-inhabiting species of
Ophiderma
(5 spp--definita,
flava,
grisea,
pubescens,
salamandra)
and
Cyrtolobus (6+spp
incl. discoidalis, ?fuscipennis, maculifrontis, puritanus, vau, arcuatus,
pulchellus?)) as well as
Atymna
querci have been collected. These genera readily come to light.
SMILIINAE-TELAMONINI
Members of this Tribe are large, attractive species with distinctive
pronotal crests. Archasia
auriculata, with a large green convex hood, is reported
to feed on Pin Oak. Thelia bimaculata
is found on Black Locust, where adults and nymphs are tended by the ant,
Formica
obscuripes. This large brown species has a thorn-like horn extending
over the head, and the males are adorned with lateral yellow racing stripes.
Carynota
marmorata is a large maroon species with no pronotal crest.
It has been taken from Paper Birch. Species of Glossonotus
have a slender, rounded, vertically projecting crest. 2+spp of Glossonotus
including
univittatus,
nimbalis
have been collected.
Species of Heliria
(2+spp incl.
molaris,
gemma) have a step-like
pronotal crest. Finally, species of Telamona
(5+ spp incl compacta,
monticola,
spreta,
unicolor,
westcotti)
have a large pyramidal crest. All of these species occur on woody shrubs
or trees. See Species Table for host information.
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