Family: Membracidae, Treehoppers view all from this family

Description 3/8" (9 mm). Bright green to yellowish above, yellowish below. Wings clear, tapering toward end of abdomen. Pronotum projects forward at each side to short stout point, suggesting horns of buffalo or bison.

Food Alfalfa, if available, and low succulent plants; also willow, elm, cherry, locust, and orchard trees, sometimes potato, tomato, clover, goldenrod, and aster.

Life Cycle Pairs of smooth white eggs are pressed into crescent-shaped slits cut in bark of young stems. Eggs overwinter, hatch in spring. Nymphs mature in about 6 weeks.

Habitat Woods, orchards, crop fields, and meadows.

Range Throughout the United States and s. Canada.

Discussion This is the best-known and most widely distributed treehopper. The genus is represented by almost a dozen species, each having minute distinguishing features and some differences in food and habitat. Formerly assigned to genus Ceresa.