''Lepyronia angulifera'', the angular spittlebug, is a species of

spittlebug The superfamily Cercopoidea, some members of which are called froghoppers and still others known as spittlebugs, are a group of hemipteran insects in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. Adults are capable of jumping many times their height and length ...

in the family

Aphrophoridae The Aphrophoridae are a family of spittlebugs belonging to the order Hemiptera. There are at least 160 genera and 990 described species in Aphrophoridae. Taxonomy Traditionally, most of the superfamily Cercopoidea was considered a single fa ...

. It is found in the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ...

and North America. Host plants for nymphs include ''

Sporobolus indicus ''Sporobolus indicus'' is a species of grass known by the common name smut grass. Distribution This bunchgrass is native to temperate and tropical areas of the Americas. It can be found in more regions, as well as on many Pacific Islands, as an ...

'' and '' Cyperus swartzii''. They prefer

fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetland along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires ...

habitat.

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species ''Lepyronia angulifera'': * ''Lepyronia angulifera angulifera'' * ''Lepyronia angulifera robusta'' Metcalf & Bruner

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* Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1876 Aphrophoridae Hemiptera of North America Taxa named by Philip Reese Uhler {{auchenorrhyncha-stub