| Cladonota | |
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| Cladonota apicalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Membracidae |
| Subfamily: | Membracinae |
| Genus: | Cladonota Stål, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Membracis paradoxus Germar, 1821
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| Subgenera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 59 described species | |
Cladonota is a genus of neotropical treehoppers (family Membracidae) widespread from Mexico to South America. They are known for their elaborate pronotum shapes, hypothesized to play a role in camouflage or mate recognition, although their function is not yet known with certainty.[1][2] Previously described as a subgenus of Sphongophorus, it was recognized as a genus of its own right in 1997 after the latter was synonymized with Hypsauchenia.[3][4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
review part iwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Sphongophorus Fairmaire, 1846". gbif.org.
- ^ Fairmaire, Léon (1846). "Revue de la Tribu des membracides". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 1-6. 2: 260.
- ^ "Treehoppers: Aetalionidae, Melizoderidae, and Membracidae (Hemiptera)". insectmuseum.org.