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Philaenus spumarius (meadow froghopper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Philaenus spumarius, the "Meadow Froghopper" or "Meadow Spittlebug", is a species belonging to the family Aphrophoridae. The genus name "Philaenus" comes from the Greek "philein" meaning "love", while the species name "spumarius" is derived by the Latin "spuma" = "sparkling", referred to the foam nests. Therefore "Philaenus spumarius" may be translated as "foam lover."
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Infraspecies

Philaenus spumarius leucophthalmus
Philaenus spumarius oenotherae
Philaenus spumarius quadrimaculatus
Philaenus spumarius spumarius

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Predators

Providers

Shelter 
Digitaria ischaemum (small crabgrass)[4]
Panicum virgatum (old switch panic grass)[4]
Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)[4]
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)[4]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
♦ 3New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 4Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 5Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0