Platycotis vittata: Oak Treehopper
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oak treehopper - Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) The oak treehopper is fairly common on deciduous and evergreen oaks, spp., where it is sometimes sufficiently abundant to cause concern to owners of valuable shade trees. In Florida, we have reports of professional pest control companies being hired to control this pest. However, damage by a colony of this species of treehopper is minor and essentially confined to small oviposition scars in twigs. This contrasts with the closely related
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| Page title: | oak treehopper - Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) |
| Keywords: | oak treehopper Platycotis vittata Hemiptera Membracidae Mead |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |