Honey Locust Treehopper
Micrutalis calva Say
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Micrutalis calva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Genus: Micrutalis
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M. calva
Binomial name
Micrutalis calva
(Say, 1831)

Micrutalis calva is a species of Hemiptera found in North America. It feeds on numerous plants, including ragweed, sunflower, wormwood, sycamore, alfalfa, and honeylocust.[1] Nymphs specifically can often be found on the flowers of Vernonia.[2]

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  1. ^ Nixon, Philip L.; Thompson, Hugh E. (1987). "Biology of Micrutalis calva (Homoptera: Membracidae) on Honey Locust". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 60 (2): 273–279. ISSN 0022-8567. JSTOR 25084892. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ Ball, E. D. (1 June 1920). "3. The Life Cycle in Hemiptera (Exc1. Aphids and Coccids.)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 13 (2): 142–151. doi:10.1093/aesa/13.2.142. ISSN 0013-8746. Retrieved 1 July 2022.