Family: Tettigometridae (tettigometrid bugs)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha
> Hemiptera (bugs) >
Auchenorrhyncha > Fulgoroidea
This is a small family of bugs of which only three species are known in southern
Africa. Hilda patruelis is by far the
most common of the three and is found on a wide range of host plants including
groundnuts and
wild fig trees Ficus species.
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