Carynota marmorata

Carynota marmorata, commonly known as the marbled treehopper,^[1] is a species of treehopper.^[1][2][3] It was first described by Thomas Say in 1830.^[1]

Carynota marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Membracidae
Genus:	Carynota
Species:	C. marmorata
Binomial name
Carynota marmorata Say, 1830

Habitat

Carynota marmorata is found in the mid-western and eastern United States and eastern Canada.^[2] It feeds on multiple types of trees, including:

• Alnus incana (gray alder)
• Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
• Corylus americana (American hazelnut)
• Populus (cottonwood)
• Quercus alba (white oak)^[1]

Description

Carynota marmorata has a fairly high, rounded, brown-colored pronotum riddled with yellowish white spots. Adults are 8 millimetres in length and 4 millimetres in width.^[3]