Diamondback Spittlebug

Lepyronia quadrangularis

''Lepyronia quadrangularis'' is a species of spittle bug that can be found in many places in the world. The adults are brownish with two oblique darker brown bands that strike across their fore wings. The fore wings are also marked with a small blackish curve at their tips.
Diamondback Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis) On Rubus allegheniensis at a mixed forest edge. Diamondback Spittlebug,Geotagged,Lepyronia quadrangularis,Spring,United States

Reproduction

The eggs are laid between the leaf and the main stem of grasses from midsummer to late fall. The nymphs feed and molt under spittle and hibernate in the egg stage.
Diamondback Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis) At a meadowy forest edge. Geotagged,Lepyronia quadrangularis,Spring,United States

Food

''Lepyronia quadrangularis'' is polyphagous, feeding upon a variety of grasses, shrubs, and herbs.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyCercopoidea
GenusLepyronia
SpeciesL. quadrangularis
Photographed in
United States of America