Prosapia bicincta

Prosapia bicincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Homoptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cercopoidea
Family:	Cercopidae
Genus:	Prosapia
Species:	P. bicincta
Binomial name
	Prosapia bicincta; (Say, 1830)

The two-lined spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta) is a species of insect in the family Cercopidae. Adults are black with two red or orange lines crossing the wings. It reaches a length of 8–10 mm. It is widespread in the eastern half of the United States.[1] A similar but possibly distinct species can be found throughout Central America where it is considered an agricultural pest.[2]

Nymphs feed on various grasses (including centipedegrass, bermudagrass and corn) from within foam (consisting of their own spittle) produced from juices of their host plant.[1] Adults feed on the leaves of both native and introduced species of holly, as well as on the leaves of the eastern redbud tree. It is a pest of forage grasses and turf grasses such as those grown for lawns and its consumption of these plants causes economic damage throughout the southeastern United States.[3]

References

"Species Prosapia bicincta - Two-lined Spittlebug". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
Peck, Daniel C. (1998-07-01). "Natural History of the Spittlebug Prosapia nr. bicincta (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in Association with Dairy Pastures of Costa Rica". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 91 (4): 435–444. doi:10.1093/aesa/91.4.435. ISSN 0013-8746.
Peck, Daniel C. (December 1998). "Use of Alternative Food Plants Exclusively by Adult Male Froghoppers (Homoptera: Cercopidae)1". Biotropica. 30 (4): 639–644. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00103.x. ISSN 0006-3606.

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[:0-1] "Species Prosapia bicincta - Two-lined Spittlebug". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

[2] Peck, Daniel C. (1998-07-01). "Natural History of the Spittlebug Prosapia nr. bicincta (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in Association with Dairy Pastures of Costa Rica". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 91 (4): 435–444. doi:10.1093/aesa/91.4.435. ISSN 0013-8746.

[3] Peck, Daniel C. (December 1998). "Use of Alternative Food Plants Exclusively by Adult Male Froghoppers (Homoptera: Cercopidae)1". Biotropica. 30 (4): 639–644. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00103.x. ISSN 0006-3606.