Aplos simplex (Germar, 1830) is a animal in the Issidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Aplos simplex (Germar, 1830)

Aplos simplex (Germar, 1830)

Aplos simplex is the only species in the issid planthopper genus Aplos, native to eastern US and invasive in parts of Europe.

Family
Genus
Aplos
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Aplos simplex (Germar, 1830)

Aplos is a genus of issid planthopper that contains only a single species: Aplos simplex. This species is native to most of the eastern United States, and has become an invasive species in Northern Italy and Austria. Aplos simplex was previously classified under the genus Thionia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Issidae Aplos

More from Issidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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