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Willow spittlebug

Aphrophora salicina (Goeze, 1778)

Status not recordedinsects

The willow spittlebug (Aphrophora salicina) is a species in the family Aphrophoridae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 36 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the willow 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
36 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the willow 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 willow spittlebug is listed for 36 countries.

UzbekistanSouth KoreaKyrgyzstanArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsIrelandItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomAzerbaijanSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaMoroccoSerbia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Belarus
  6. Belgium
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Croatia
  9. Czechia
  10. Denmark
  11. Estonia
  12. Finland
  13. Germany
  14. Greece
  15. Hungary
  16. Ireland
  17. Italy
  18. Kyrgyzstan
  19. Latvia
  20. Lithuania
  21. Luxembourg
  22. Moldova
  23. Morocco
  24. Netherlands
  25. Poland
  26. Romania
  27. Serbia
  28. Slovakia
  29. Slovenia
  30. South Korea
  31. Sweden
  32. Switzerland
  33. Türkiye
  34. Ukraine
  35. United Kingdom
  36. Uzbekistan

Is the willow 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 willow spittlebug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphrophoridae
  6. genusAphrophora
  7. SpeciesAphrophora salicina (Goeze, 1778)

Synonyms Aphrophora castalis, Aphrophora cholea, Aphrophora coctalis, Aphrophora consobrina, Aphrophora costalis, Aphrophora grisea, Aphrophora harimaensis, Aphrophora harimensis, Aphrophora kariyai, Aphrophora lachrymans, Aphrophora lacrymans, Aphrophora moriokana, Aphrophora mukdensis, Aphrophora obliquella, Aphrophora oiwakeana, Aphrophora pectiralis, Aphrophora pectoralis, Aphrophora pectralis, Aphrophora salicina unicolor, Aphrophora salicis, Aphrophora salicis costalis, Aphrophora salicis salicis, Aphrophora salicis var. unicolor, Aphrophora unicolor, Aphrophra pectoralis, Cercopis costalis, Cercopis harimaensis, Cercopis pectoralis, Cicada salicina, Cicada spumaria salicis, Omalophora costalis, Omalophora kariyai, Omalophora moriokana, Omalophora mukdensis, Omalophora obliquella, Omalophora oiwakeanus, Omalophora pectoralis, Omalophora salicis, Omalophora salicis var. haupti, Omalophora spumaria var. salicis, Philaenus costalis, Philaenus saliceti, Sabphora holonbairuna, Tettigonia salicina

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • pěnodějka vrbováCzech
  • PileskumcikadeDanish
  • Bunte WeidenschaumzikadeGerman
  • halavansylkikaskasFinnish
  • Cercope du sauleFrench
  • マエキアワフキJapanese
  • 거품벌레Korean
  • Karklinė cikadaLithuanian
  • seljeskumsikadeNorwegian Bokmål
  • WilgeschuimcicadeDutch
  • Pienik wierzbowyPolish
  • Пенница ивоваяRussian
  • peniarka vŕbováSlovak
  • pilspottstritSwedish
  • Braune Weiden-SchaumzikadeGerman
  • Braune WeidenschaumzikadeGerman
  • Aphrophore du sauleFrench
  • WilgenschuimcicadeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the willow 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 willow spittlebug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the willow spittlebug for 36 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belarus. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the willow spittlebug?

The willow spittlebug (Aphrophora salicina) belongs to the family Aphrophoridae in the order Hemiptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Willow spittlebug (Aphrophora salicina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/willow-spittlebug

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BibTeX
@misc{willow_spittlebug_2026,
  title = {Willow spittlebug (Aphrophora salicina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/willow-spittlebug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}