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Umbonia spinosa

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Umbonia spinosa is a species in the family Membracidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 13 countries, including Colombia, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

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Quick facts about Umbonia spinosa

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
13 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Umbonia spinosa 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.

Umbonia spinosa is listed for 13 countries.

PeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameEcuador
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  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Colombia
  2. Costa Rica
  3. Ecuador
  4. El Salvador
  5. French Guiana
  6. Guatemala
  7. Guyana
  8. Honduras
  9. Nicaragua
  10. Panama
  11. Peru
  12. Suriname
  13. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Umbonia spinosa 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 Umbonia spinosa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyMembracidae
  6. genusUmbonia
  7. SpeciesUmbonia spinosa (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Centrotus spinosus, Cicada spinosa, Hemiptycha spinosa, Hoplophora spinosa, Membracis armata, Membracis spinosa, Umbonia immaculata, Umbonia rectispina, Umbonia reducta, Umbonia redulta, Umbonia sordida, Umbonia terribilis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Bicho pinchoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Umbonia spinosa

Other species in the same genus Umbonia.

Thorn bug

Umbonia crassicornis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Umbonia spinosa live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Umbonia spinosa for 13 countries, including Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador and French Guiana. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Umbonia spinosa?

Umbonia spinosa (Umbonia spinosa) belongs to the family Membracidae 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). Umbonia spinosa (Umbonia spinosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/umbonia-spinosa

MLA

“Umbonia spinosa (Umbonia spinosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/umbonia-spinosa.

BibTeX
@misc{umbonia_spinosa_2026,
  title = {Umbonia spinosa (Umbonia spinosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/umbonia-spinosa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}