#4111 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Horned Treehopper
🇳🇱 Doorncicade ·Centrotus cornutus
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Centrotus cornutus (thorn-hopper) is a species of 'treehoppers' belonging to the family Membracidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,283 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Horned Treehopper
- Nederlands
- Doorncicade
- scientific name
- Centrotus cornutus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Membracidae
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 5,628
- sightings worldwide
- 6,283
- GBIF records in NL
- 312
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Membracidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 362433, Wikidata Q1246068, GBIF 2024221, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.