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DELPHACIDAE Members: NC Records

Kelisia curvata - No Common Name


© John Petranka
© John Petranka- note thin dark bands
© John Petranka
Taxonomy
Family: DELPHACIDAESubfamily: Kelisinae
Taxonomic Author: (Beamer, 1945)
Identification
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Description: This species is similar to several other boldly marked members of the genus. It has a pale body with two prominent, thin blackish bands extending across the wings and pronotum. The face is pale.
Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Eastern United States (UDEL)
Abundance: Recorded from a handful of counties in the eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Grassy, sedgey areas
Plant Associates: Carex lurida (shallow sedge) (UDEL)
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Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Kelisia curvata No Common Name

Photo by: John Petranka
Nash Co.
Comment: Caught sweep-netting alongside Tar River.		Photo by: John Petranka
Nash Co.
Comment: Caught sweep-netting alongside Tar River.
Photo by: John Petranka
Nash Co.
Comment: Caught sweep-netting alongside Tar River.		Photo by: John Petranka
Nash Co.
Comment: Caught sweep-netting alongside Tar River.
Photo by: John Petranka
Nash Co.
Comment: Caught sweep-netting alongside Tar River.		Photo by: John Petranka
Nash Co.
Comment: Caught sweep-netting alongside Tar River.
Photo by: Paul Scharf
Warren Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: B. Bockhahn
Beaufort Co.
Comment: GOCR