aphrophora

[Gr. ἀφροφόρος (aphrophoros) = foam-bearing; ἀφρός ( aphros ) = foam, and φορός ( phoros ) = bearing; φέρω ( pherō ) = to bear or carry.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Homoptera, and the family Cercopidæ. The Aphrophora spumaria (formerly called Tettigonia spumaria) is the Cuckoo-spit Frog-hopper, the insect the larva of which envelops itself in froth. There are other species, as the A. bifasciata, which is voicele : a, priv., and φθογγός ( phthongos ) = the voice; φθέγγομαι ( pht he ngoma i ) = to speak loud or clear.) A letter or letters left unsounded when a word is pronounced.