last updated 26.June.2006
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Auchenorrhyncha (Cicadas, Hoppers)
The Auchenorrhyncha are phytophagous (plant-feeding) insects abundant in terrestrial habitats worldwide. They have piercing/sucking mouthparts and hold their wings tent-like over the body. This groups contains such familiar insects as cicadas, spittlebugs, and planthoppers.
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