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Bruchomorpha oculata - No Common Name


© Kyle Kittelberger
© Kyle Kittelberger
© Kyle Kittelberger- nymph
© Kyle Kittelberger- nymph
Taxonomy
Family: CALISCELIDAETribe: Peltonotellini
Taxonomic Author: (Newman, 1838)
Identification
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Description: A uniformly dark, shiny species, typically metallic black in color with only a trace of a pale median stripe that extends from the head onto the thorax. The 'nose' or head projection is slightly bulbous and protrudes down and out. The eyes are dark brown, and the legs are yellow to reddish-brown. Adults are 1.8-3.0 mm long, sometimes longer. (Doering, 1939)

Nymphs resemble the adults, showing the characteristic head projection. Nymphs are brownish in color and can have a thin, pale median line extending across the whole body. The legs are yellow like the adults.

For more images of this species, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Found across the United States, as far west as the Rocky Mountains; also in Canada. This is the most common species in the East. (UDEL)
Abundance: The most common and abundant piglet in NC, the one most frequently encountered. Recorded across the state, with a majority of the records in the Piedmont. Can be locally common where found.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Has been found in grassy, brushy, field-type habitat and forest edge.
Plant Associates: Eragrostis curvula (weeping lovegrass) (UDEL)
Behavior:
Comment: Sometimes adults are macropterous and have very pronounced wings, differing from the typically brachypterous individuals that have very reduced wings.
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Bruchomorpha oculata No Common Name

Photo by: Rob Van Epps
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Rob Van Epps
Iredell Co.
Comment: Nymph. Caught sweeping in grassy/weedy field.
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4 mm, sweep of low vegetation in detention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4 mm, sweep of low vegetation in detention basin		Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4 mm, sweep of low vegetation in detention basin
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Vance Co.
Comment: Field/forest edge habitat. A nymph		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Vance Co.
Comment: Field/forest edge habitat. A nymph
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Wake Co.
Comment: grassy habitat and microstygium		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Surry Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge
Photo by: Paul Scharf
Warren Co.
Comment: Caught Sweeping		Photo by: Paul Scharf
Warren Co.
Comment: Caught Sweeping
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Warren Co.
Comment: grassy/brushy habitat on the side of the road		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Surry Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Surry Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Vance Co.
Comment: Field/forest edge habitat. A nymph
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Wake Co.
Comment: tall grassy habitat		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Wake Co.
Comment: tall grassy habitat
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Wake Co.
Comment: tall grassy habitat