Two-horned Treehopper

Stictocephala diceros, the two-horned treehopper, is a species of hemipteran insect within the family Membracidae. The species range includes much of eastern North America, which includes southeastern Canada in areas adjacent the United States border and US state regions such as the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, as well as some western states such as Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. The species inhabits temperate and hardwood forests, where it primarily feeds on American black elderberry, although its known to feed on other flowering plants such as those in the Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, and Rosaceae families. The species reaches 8 to 9 millimeters in length with a brown coloration.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Two-horned Treehopper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Ceresa paulistana

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Membracidae

Genus

Stictocephala

Species

Stictocephala diceros

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