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Welcome to Superfamily Delphacoidea!

Delphacoidea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hemiptera > Suborder Auchenorrhyncha > Infraorder Fulgoromorpha > Superfamily Delphacoidea

(From Wikipedia) Delphacoidea is a large superfamily of planthoppers in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, known as the delphacid planthoppers.

FACT: The specific thing that planthoppers feed on is phloem, which is a nutrient transport tissue in trees similar to blood vessels in humans!

Currently discovered: 2/2 Families

Family

  1. Delphacidae - Delphacid Planthoppers
  2. Cixiidae - Cixiid Planthoppers