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 Bugs (Subrder Heteroptera)

The Phthiacnemia picta is a leaf-footed bug species, meaning it has long back legs, along with long antennae. It sucks the sap from leaves, stems, blossoms, and fruit.