spittle insect
Noun
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Small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete (synset 102260367)
is a type of: homopteran, homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wingssubtypes:
- froghopper - a variety of spittlebug
- meadow spittlebug, philaenus spumarius - North American insect that severely damages grasses
- pine spittlebug - North American insect that attacks pines
- aphrophora saratogensis, saratoga spittlebug - feeds on pines in northern United States
belongs to: cercopidae, family cercopidae - froghoppers or spittlebugssame as: spittlebug
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