Platycotis vittata

Platycotis vittata, the oak treehopper, is a species of treehopper in the family Membracidae, found in North America. The species is also called Platycotis vittatus.^[1][2] It is an oak specialist. Adults protect the nymphs, an example of parental care.^[3]

Platycotis vittata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Membracidae
Subfamily:	Membracinae
Tribe:	Hoplophorionini
Genus:	Platycotis
Species:	P. vittata
Binomial name
Platycotis vittata (Fabricius, 1803)