Buffalo treehopper

Insect

Buffalo treehopper

Stictocephala bisonia Kopp & Yonke

Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Membracidae

Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.

The pale green adult exhibits a large thorax with two "horns" and a long posterior wedge-shaped body (A). The cream-colored eggs are laid in a groove on the tree bark, where they overwinter.

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