| Homotomidae | |
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| Homotoma ficus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Psylloidea |
| Family: | Homotomidae |
| Genera | |
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Homotomidae is a family of small phloem-feeding bugs in the superfamily Psylloidea, or jumping plantlice.
The species in this family feed almost exclusively on plants of the Moraceae genus Ficus . The only exception is the genus Triozamia, with its three species feeding on different varieties of Antiaris toxicaria , also in the Moraceae family. [1]
Hollis & Broomfield (1989) propose the following classification within Homotomidae: [1]
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