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treehopper

A small, hopping insect that feeds by sucking the sap of trees and shrubs; nymphs often gregarious; many produce honeydew and are attended by ants; mainly in warm dry regions. (Order: Homoptera. Family: Membracidae, c.2500 species.)

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Stictocephala bisonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Membracidae

Treehoppers and thorn bugs are members of the Membracidae family, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers.

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