ENT 4015, Dr.Vera Krischik, Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha (both suborders formerly in Order Homoptera): Cicadas, leaf, plant, tree hoppers, psyllids, whiteflies, aphids, scales

 

List of families

 

 

common name family

host/ feeding type

species

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha, active, antennae short and bristlelike

Cicadidae

cicadas

adults suck sap; eggs cause flagging; larvae feed on roots

annual dog day cicada

periodical cicada

Membracidae

treehoppers

trees and shrubs

 

Cicadellidae

leafhoppers

turf;

1. remove excess sap causing yellowing;

2. clog phloem and xylem tubes,

3. oviposition damage,

4. vector yellows

 

Cercopidae

froghoppers/

spittle bugs

sucks sap; whips into froth with hind legs

pine spittle bug

Saratoga spittle bug

meadow spittle bug

Derbidae

Cixiidae Flatidae Issidae

planthoppers

sucks sap

 

 

Suborder Sternorrhyncha, inactive, antennae when present long and filiform

Psyllidae

psyllids

sucks sap

hackberry nipplegall maker

boxwood psyllid

Aleyrodidae

whiteflies

sucks sap

azalea whitefly

greenhouse whitefly

silverleaf whitefly

Aphididae

 

plant lice, aphids

sucks sap

birch aphids

white pine aphid

rose aphid

green peach aphid

melon aphid

Eriosomatidae

wooly, gall-making aphids

sucks sap

wooly alder aphid

wooly apple aphid

Adelgidae

pine/ spruce aphids

sucks sap

hemlock wooly adelgid

Cooley spruce gall adelgid

Eastern spruce gall adelgid

Phyloxreridae

phylloxerans

roots

grape phylloxera

Margarodidae

ground pearls

roots

 

 

Coccidae

soft scales

sucks fluids

black soft scale

hemispherical scale

brown soft scale

Boisduval scale

calico scale

cottony maple scale

fletcher scale

tortoiseshell scale

spruce bud scale

tuliptree scale

Kermestidae

kermestid scales

sucks fluids

kermes scale

oak kermes

Diaspididae

armored scales

 

scurfy scale

white peach scale

white prunicola scale

San Jose scale

oystershell scale

euonymous scale

juniper scale

gloomy scale

fletcher scale

obscure scale

pine needle scale

Dactylopiidae

cochineal scales

sucks fluids

 

Pseudococcidae

mealybugs

sucks fluids

citrus mealybug

longtailed mealybug

azalea mealybug

taxus mealybug

Eriococcidae

felt scales

sucks fluids

European elm scale