The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs
Jikradia olitoria, nymph (Cicadellidae)
Aphrophora sp., nymph (Aphrophoridae)
Metcalfa pruinosa, nymphs (Flatidae)
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to
Planthopper (Fulgoridae: Pterodictya reticularis) with abdominal filaments of ketoester wax
Metcalfa pruinosa (Flatidae)
Flatolystra verrucosa (Fulgoridae)