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CICADELLIDAE Members: NC Records

Macropsidius insignis - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: EurymelinaeTribe: Macropsini
Taxonomic Author: (Van Duzee, 1889)
Identification
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Description: Males are tawny, with the pronotum tawny to brown with light fuscous punctuations; the proepimeron has a fuscous spot or streak. The lateral angles on the scutellum are fuscous to ferruginous, and the tegmina is brown, with the veins paler and sometimes pruinose. The female is tawny to brown, with the pronotum often with light fuscous punctuations; the prepimeron is either unmarked or with a small fuscous dot. The lateral angles of the scutellum are ferruginous, and the tegmina is brown with paler veins; sometimes there is also a small pale spot at the base of each inner anteapical cell and another at the apex of each central apical cell. On both sexes, the hind tibia have 6-8 (and usually 7) macrosetae on the outer edge before the apex. Adult males are 4.2-4.7 mm long, while females are 4.6-5.0 mm. (Hamilton 1983)

The nymph is finely pubescent. It is ferruginous, usually pruinose, or brown with irregular pale green longitudinal bands.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Primarily eastern and central North America, from northern Georgia north to Quebec and west to Oregon. (Hamilton 1983)
Abundance: Recorded from several counties in the mountains and Piedmont.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Woodlands
Plant Associates: Various plums, including Prunus americana, P. angustifolia, P. munsoniana, P. umbellata, P. domestica, and P. nigra (Hamilton 1983)
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Comment: Males of this species can be distinguished by their genitalia. Females have a dark, unmarked tegmina contrasting with their pale pleura. (Hamilton 1983)
Status: Native
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