Platycotis minax

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Platycotis minax
Platycotis minax imported from iNaturalist photo 232990153 on 16 March 2024.jpg
Playtcotis minax photographed by Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, Humboldt County, California, 2022
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Membracidae
Genus: Platycotis
Species:
P. minax
Binomial name
Platycotis minax
Goding, 1892

Platycotis minax is a species of leafhopper native to California. [1] [2] It was first described by diplomat and entomologist Frederic Webster Goding in 1892. [2] According to the U.S. Forest Service, in southern California P. minax is found on coast live oak and possibly other oaks. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Platycotis minax". iNaturalist. Archived from the original on 2024-03-16. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  2. 1 2 "Bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the described Membracidae of North America. By F. W. Goding ..." HathiTrust. p. 454. hdl:2027/coo.31924018290092 . Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  3. ↑ Swiecki, Tedmund J.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. (2006). A Field Guide to Insects and Diseases of California Oaks. Pacific Southwest Research Station (Report). Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR-197. Albany, California: U.S. Forest Service Treesearch Department. p. 42. doi: 10.2737/PSW-GTR-197 .PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .



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