Smilia camelus | |
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Smilia camelus (Camel treehopper) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Membracidae |
Genus: | Smilia |
Species: | S. camelus
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Binomial name | |
Smilia camelus
Fabricius, 1803
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Smilia camelus, also known as the camel treehopper, is a species of treehopper first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1803. [1]
S. camelus is distributed across the eastern portion of Canada and the United States. It is commonly found it mixed hardwood forests. [2] It is abundant across the summer months. [3]
It commonly feeds on southern red oak, turkey oak, water oak, post oak, and other species of the Quercus genus. [2]
Females are around 9 mm (0.35 in) long and males are 8 mm (0.31 in). [1] It has a high pronotum, peaking in the head rather than the middle of the pronotum. The pronotum of the female is higher than the male. [2]