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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Membracidae |
Genus: | Carynota |
Species: | C. marmorata
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Binomial name | |
Carynota marmorata Say, 1830
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Carynota marmorata, also known as the marbled treehopper [1] is a species of treehopper belonging to the genus Carynota. [1] [2] [3] It was first described by Thomas Say in 1830. [1]
Carynota marmorata is found in the midwestern and eastern United States and eastern Canada. [2] It feeds on multiple types of trees, including:
Carynota marmorata has a fairly high, rounded, brown-colored pronotum riddled with yellowish white spots. Adults are 8 millimetres in length and 4 millimetres in width. [3]