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Saratoga spittlebug

Aphrophora saratogensis (Fitch, 1851)

Status not recordedinsects

The saratoga spittlebug (Aphrophora saratogensis) is a species in the family Aphrophoridae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Georgia.

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Quick facts about the saratoga spittlebug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the saratoga spittlebug live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The saratoga spittlebug is listed for 1 country.

Georgia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Georgia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the saratoga spittlebug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the saratoga spittlebug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphrophoridae
  6. genusAphrophora
  7. SpeciesAphrophora saratogensis (Fitch, 1851)

Synonyms Aphrophora detrita, Aphrophora saratogenesis, Aphrophora seratogensis, Cercopis saratogensis, Lepyronia saratogensis, Philaenus saratogensis, Philaenus sarogotensis, Plesiommata biundularia, Plesiommata biundulata, Ptyelus detritus, Ptyelus saragotensis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Cercope argentée du pinFrench
  • Пенница саратогскаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the saratoga spittlebug

Other species in the same genus Aphrophora.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the saratoga spittlebug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the saratoga spittlebug for 1 country: Georgia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the saratoga spittlebug?

The saratoga spittlebug (Aphrophora saratogensis) belongs to the family Aphrophoridae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Saratoga spittlebug (Aphrophora saratogensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/saratoga-spittlebug

MLA

“Saratoga spittlebug (Aphrophora saratogensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/saratoga-spittlebug.

BibTeX
@misc{saratoga_spittlebug_2026,
  title = {Saratoga spittlebug (Aphrophora saratogensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/saratoga-spittlebug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}