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title: "Citrus Flatid Planthopper"
description: "Metcalfa pruinosa — Insects & spiders. Metcalfa pruinosa, the citrus flatid planthopper, is a species of insect in the Flatidae family of planthoppers first described by Thomas Say in 1830."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/citrus-flatid-planthopper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Citrus Flatid Planthopper

> Metcalfa pruinosa — Insects & spiders. Metcalfa pruinosa, the citrus flatid planthopper, is a species of insect in the Flatidae family of planthoppers first described by Thomas Say in 1830.

- Scientific name: *Metcalfa pruinosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 32171
- Wikidata: [Q887032](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887032)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126209](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126209)

## Names

- en: Citrus Flatid Planthopper
- de: Bläulingszikade
- fr: Cicadelle pruineuse

## Countries with the most observations

US (20385), CA (1739), IT (1177), FR (950), AT (685), HU (408), UA (390), DE (299), KR (255), ES (177), RO (176), RU (162)

## Summary

Metcalfa pruinosa, the citrus flatid planthopper, is a species of insect in the Flatidae family of planthoppers first described by Thomas Say in 1830.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfa_pruinosa

## Photo

![Citrus Flatid Planthopper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/citrus-flatid-planthopper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yehor Yatsiuk · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126098845

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/citrus-flatid-planthopper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).