Summary ⁴

Lepyronia quadrangularis is a species of spittle bug that can be found in many places in the world. The adults are brownish with two oblique brown bands that are across the hemelytra which are tipped with a small blackish curve. The eggs are laid between leaf and main stem of grasses from midsummer to late fall. The nymphs feeds and molts under spittle and hibernates in the egg stage. The food that the species eats is...

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4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepyronia_quadrangularis

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• 3I World Auchenorrhyncha Database
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Hoppers of North Carolina: Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0

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