Platycotis minax | |
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Playtcotis minax photographed by Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, Humboldt County, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Membracidae |
Genus: | Platycotis |
Species: | P. minax
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Binomial name | |
Platycotis minax Goding, 1892
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Platycotis minax is a species of leafhopper native to California. [1] [2] It was first described by diplomat and entomologist Frederic Webster Goding in 1892. [2] According to the U.S. Forest Service, in southern California P. minax is found on coast live oak and possibly other oaks. [3]