Friday, August 8, 2014

What is it?
An Ant-mimicking Treehopper:
Cyphonia clavata Fabricius
(Membracidae).

Cyphonia clavata Fabricius
Cyphonia clavata Fabricius has been collected on Capirona (Calycophyllum spruceanum), on Jessamine (Censtrum lanatum), and on a Boneset (Eupatorium odoratum). The genus Cyphonia
(Membracidae:Smiliinae) is found from Mexico to Argentina.
 
Image credit:  Iwan Van Hoogmoed

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