Sugarcane Spittlebug

Callitettix versicolor

Description

Callitettix versicolor has an elongated body and is glossy black in color. The front of the male is brown. The forewings have a polymorphic pattern, there are white spots between the margins before the middle of the forewings, while in the middle towards the end there are red spots. It has a filiform antenna and consists of 3 segments. The female antennae are shorter than the male antennae.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

11-14 mm

Ar

Arboreal

He

Herbivore

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Hemiptera

FAMILY

:

Cercopidae

GENUS

:

Callitettix

SPECIES

:

Callitettix versicolor

Distribution

Callitettix versicolor could be found on sugar crane plantation or rice fields.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Kamboja, Laos, China, India.

Habits and Lifestyle

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Lifestyle

Terestrial, Arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Callitettix versicolor feed on the leaves of sugarcane and rice.

Diet : Herbivore, Folivore

Mating Habits

The male and female Callitettix versicolor mating and lasts for about 2-4 hours. The female lays about 200 eggs and lays 3-5 eggs on cracked soil surface.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF RICE SPITTLE BUG (Callitettix versicolor)[J]. Journal of Southwest University, 2001, 23(2)
  2. Callitettix. Wikipedia article
  3. Liang, A. P. 2020. A New Structure on the Frons of Male Adults of The Asian Rice Spittlebug Callitettix versicolor (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cerrcopidae). Zootaxa. 4801 (3): 591-599.