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L: 7-10mm

This "beauty" is another North American Invader

- cousin of the native treehopper Centrotus cornutus - www.flickr.com/photos/gbohne/7815301460/

that threatens cultivators of Roses & Wine. 

This tree hopper feeds on various plants, for oviposition it prefers especially Rosa; Rosaceae like (Crataegus and fruit trees in general), but grapevines (Vitis, Vitaceae) and less common other wooden plants (groves) and sometimes this treehopper feeds on herbaceous plants, too.

Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Subclass: Pterygota Order: Hemiptera (true bugs, Schnabelkerfe) Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (Zikaden) Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Rundkopfzikaden) Superfamily: Membracoidea Family: Membracidae (Treehoppers, Buckelzirpen) Subfamily: Smiliinae STÅL, 1866 Tribus: Ceresini GODING, 1892 Genus: Stictocephala STÅL, 1869 Stictocephala bisonia KOPP & YONKE, 1977 (buffalo treehopper, Amerikanische Büffelzikade)

some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_treehopper more info (German): www.naturspaziergang.de/Zikaden/Stictocephala_bisonia.htm

NE-Germany, Berlin: vic. Schönefeld (airport), ca. 40-50m asl., 18.08.2011 ________________________________________________________________________ 100mm macro 2.8 (canon), 1/125s, f/16, ISO200, 0EV, ring-flash, hand-held

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