Metcalfa

Metcalfa is a genus of planthoppers in the Flatidae family and the tribe Nephesini. Species are essentially North American in origin, but M. pruinosa has been introduced to Europe (including Britain).[1]

Metcalfa
Metcalfa pruinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Flatidae
Tribe: Nephesini
Genus: Metcalfa
Caldwell & Martorell, 1951

Description

Usually, adults of Metcalfa are 5.5 to 8 mm in length and 2 to 3 mm in width at the widest point.

Species
  • Metcalfa frigida (Metcalf & Bruner, 1948)
  • Metcalfa persea (Metcalf & Bruner, 1948)
  • Metcalfa pruinosa (Say, 1830)
  • Metcalfa regularis (Fowler, 1900)
  • Metcalfa siboney (Metcalf & Bruner, 1948)

[2][3]

Nymph Metcalfa pruinosa)

References
  1. FLOW: Metcalfa Caldwell & Martorell, 1951
  2. Catalogue of life
  3. Biolib
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