Platycotis minax
Appearance
Platycotis minax | |
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Playtcotis minax photographed by Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, Humboldt County, California, 2022 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Membracidae |
Genus: | Platycotis |
Species: | P. minax
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Binomial name | |
Platycotis minax Goding, 1892
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Platycotis minax is a species of leafhopper native to California.[1][2] It was first described by diplomat and entomologist Frederic Webster Goding in 1892.[2] According to the U.S. Forest Service, in southern California P. minax is found on coast live oak and possibly other oaks.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Platycotis minax". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ a b "Bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the described Membracidae of North America. By F. W. Goding ..." HathiTrust. p. 454. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ Swiecki, Tedmund J.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. (2006). A Field Guide to Insects and Diseases of California Oaks. Pacific Southwest Research Station (Report). Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR-197. Albany, California: U.S. Forest Service Treesearch Department. p. 42. doi:10.2737/PSW-GTR-197.
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