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Spittle bug

Aeneolamia varia (Fabricius, 1787)

Status not recordedinsects

The spittle bug (Aeneolamia varia) is a species in the family Ischnorhinidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Brazil, Colombia and French Guiana.

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Quick facts about the spittle bug

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the spittle bug 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 spittle bug is listed for 3 countries.

BrazilColombia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil
  2. Colombia
  3. French Guiana

Is the spittle bug 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 spittle bug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyIschnorhinidae
  6. genusAeneolamia
  7. SpeciesAeneolamia varia (Fabricius, 1787)

Synonyms Cercopis varia

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spittle bug

Other species in the same genus Aeneolamia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the spittle bug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the spittle bug for 3 countries: Brazil, Colombia and French Guiana. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the spittle bug?

The spittle bug (Aeneolamia varia) belongs to the family Ischnorhinidae 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). Spittle bug (Aeneolamia varia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spittle-bug

MLA

“Spittle bug (Aeneolamia varia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spittle-bug.

BibTeX
@misc{spittle_bug_2026,
  title = {Spittle bug (Aeneolamia varia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spittle-bug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}