Pixel Wild
Pintalia vibex
Pintalia vibex
Insecta
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Hopping
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Rare

About

This planthopper lives among the stems and leaves of forest plants. It produces a waxy, white secretion from its abdomen that forms long, trailing filaments.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cixiidae
Genus
Pintalia
Species
Pintalia vibex