-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Hoppers (Suborder Auchenorrhyncha)

-Planthoppers (Infraorder Fulgoromorpha)

-Superfamily Fulgoroidea

-Acanaloniid Planthoppers (Family Acanaloniidae)

-Genus Acanalonia

-Green Cone-headed Planthopper (Acanalonia conicaus)

The Green Cone-headed Planthopper (Acanalonia conica) is a small, wedge-shaped insect in the family Acanaloniidae, commonly found in gardens, fields, and forest edges across North America. Measuring about 8–9 mm long, it has a distinctive bright green, leaflike body with a sharply pointed, conical head and wings that form a smooth, tentlike shape when folded. This excellent mimicry helps it blend seamlessly with foliage to avoid predators. Acanalonia conica feeds on plant sap, using its piercing-sucking mouthparts to draw fluids from a variety of woody and herbaceous plants.