Meaning | small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete. |
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Synonym | spittle insect |
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Member of | Cercopidae, family Cercopidae | froghoppers or spittlebugs |
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Narrower | Saratoga spittlebug, Aphrophora saratogensis | feeds on pines in northern United States |
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froghopper | A variety of spittlebug |
meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius | North American insect that severely damages grasses |
pine spittlebug | North American insect that attacks pines |
Broader | homopterous insect, homopteran | insects having membranous forewings and hind wings |
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