#homopterous_insect__homopterousinsect__homopteran  insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
  supertype:  #insect  small air-breathing arthropod
  member of:  #suborder_Homoptera
  subtype:  #whitefly  minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects
     subtype:  #citrus_whitefly__Dialeurodes_citri  whitefly that attacks citrus trees
     subtype:  #greenhouse_whitefly__Trialeurodes_vaporariorum  whitefly that inhabits greenhouses
     subtype:  #sweet-potato_whitefly  a variety of whitefly
        subtype:  #superbug__Bemisia_tabaci__poinsettia_strain  a strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias
        subtype:  #cotton_strain  feeds primarily on cotton
  subtype:  #coccid_insect  scale insects and mealybugs
     subtype:  #scale_insect__scaleinsect  small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
        subtype:  #soft_scale  an insect active in all stages
           subtype:  #brown_soft_scale__Coccus_hesperidum  pest on citrus trees
        subtype:  #wax_insect__waxinsect  any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance
        subtype:  #armored_scale__armoredscale  insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
           subtype:  #San_Jose_scale__Aspidiotus_perniciosus  small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees
        subtype:  #cochineal_insect__cochinealinsect__cochineal__Dactylopius_coccus  Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
     subtype:  #mealybug__mealy_bug__mealybug  scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
        subtype:  #citrophilous_mealybug__citrophilus_mealybug__citrophilusmealybug__pseudococcusfragili  destructive especially to citrus
        subtype:  #Comstock_mealybug__Comstock's_mealybug__Pseudococcus_comstocki  Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
        subtype:  #citrus_mealybug__citrusmealybug__Planococcus_citri  feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus
  subtype:  #plant_louse__louse  any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
     subtype:  #aphid  any of various small plant-sucking insects
        subtype:  #green_apple_aphid__greenappleaphid__apple_aphid__appleaphid__Aphis_pomi  bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves
        subtype:  #blackfly__bean_aphid__Aphis_fabae  blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
        subtype:  #greenfly  greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants
           subtype:  #green_peach_aphid__greenpeachaphid  yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches
           subtype:  #pale_chrysanthemum_aphid  important pest of chrysanthemums
        subtype:  #ant_cow__antcow  excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants
        subtype:  #woolly_aphid__woolly_plant_louse  secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads
           subtype:  #woolly_apple_aphid__American_blight__Eriosoma_lanigerum  primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
           subtype:  #woolly_alder_aphid__Prociphilus_tessellatus  attacks alders
     subtype:  #adelgid  any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers
        subtype:  #balsam_woolly_aphid__Adelges_piceae  a variety of adelgid
        subtype:  #spruce_gall_aphid__Adelges_abietis  a variety of adelgid
        subtype:  #pine_leaf_aphid__Pineus_pinifoliae  a variety of adelgid
        subtype:  #woolly_adelgid  an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree
     subtype:  #grape_louse__grapelouse__grape_phylloxera__grapephylloxera__Phylloxera_vitifoleae  destructive to various grape plants
     subtype:  #jumping_plant_louse__psylla__psyllid  small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
     subtype:  #oak_blight__oakblight  a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods
  subtype:  #cicada__cicala  stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
     subtype:  #dog-day_cicada__dogdaycicada__harvest_fly__harvestfly  its distinctive song is heard during July and August
     subtype:  #seventeen-year_locust__periodical_cicada__Magicicada_septendecim  North American cicada; appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take 13' to 17' years to mature
  subtype:  #spittle_insect__spittleinsect__spittlebug  small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
     subtype:  #froghopper  a variety of spittlebug
     subtype:  #meadow_spittlebug__Philaenus_spumarius  North American insect that severely damages grasses
     subtype:  #pine_spittlebug  North American insect that attacks pines
     subtype:  #Saratoga_spittlebug__Aphrophora_saratogensis  feeds on pines in northern United States
  subtype:  #leafhopper  small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
     subtype:  #jassid  a variety of leafhopper
  subtype:  #plant_hopper__planthopper__planthopper  related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants
     subtype:  #treehopper  small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs
     subtype:  #lantern_fly__lanternfly  large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light

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