Biology:Aplos

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Short description: Genus of plantopper

Aplos
"Mr. Grumpy" Planthopper - Aplos simplex, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Issidae
Subfamily: Thioniinae
Tribe: Thioniini
Subtribe: Thioniina
Genus: Aplos
Gnezdilov, 2018
Species:
A. simplex
Binomial name
Aplos simplex
(Germar, 1830)
Synonyms

Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830)

Aplos is a genus of issid planthopper with only one species, Aplos simplex.[1][2][3][4] It can be found in most of the Eastern United States and is now found as an invasive species in Northern Italy and Austria.[5] Aplos simplex was formerly listed under the genus Thionia.[6]

nymph with iridescent wax tail
Adult

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q10696819 entry