list of homopterans

Homopterans are any of the more than 32,000 species of sucking insects constituting the order Homoptera. All of the Homoptera are plant feeders, with mouthparts adapted for sucking plant sap. This is an alphabetically ordered list of significant homopterans.

• aphids (family Aphididae)
• cicadas (family Cicadidae)
• froghoppers (family Cercopidae)
• ground pearl (genus Margarodes)
• jumping plant lice (family Psyllidae)
• kermes (Kermes ilicis)
• leafhoppers (family Cicadellidae)
• mealybugs (family Pseudococcidae)
• genus Phylloxera

  • grape phylloxera (P. vitifoliae)
• plant hoppers (superfamily Fulgoroidea)

  • lanternfly (Lanternaria phosphorea)
• scale insects (multiple families)

  • cottony-cushion scale (Icerya purchasi)
  • family Diaspididae

    • oystershell scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi)
    • San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus)
    • scurfy scale (Chionaspis furfura)
• treehoppers (family Membracidae)
• whiteflies (family Aleyrodidae)