planthopper
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 leaves and other plants of their environment ...
s in the subfamily
Tropiduchinae
Tropiduchinae is a subfamily of tropiduchid planthoppers in the family Tropiduchidae.
Tribes and Selected Genera
''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web'' lists the following:
* Alcestini
# ''Alcestis (planthopper)''
# ''Alcumena''
# ''Alphesiboea ...
. There are at least 30 described species in Tangiini, from the
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...
with several genera apparently restricted to the
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...