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Nothodelphax slossonae - No Common Name

Nothodelphax slossonae
© Kyle Kittelberger- side view		Nothodelphax slossonae
© Kyle Kittelberger- top view		Nothodelphax slossonae
© Kyle Kittelberger		Nothodelphax slossonae
© Kyle Kittelberger
Taxonomy
Family: DELPHACIDAESubfamily: DelphacinaeTribe: DelphaciniSynonym: Nothodelphax slossanae, Nothodelphax slossoni
Taxonomic Author: (Ball, 1903)
Identification
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Description: Species in this genus are often sexually dimorphic with females paler than males. Species can also be macropterous or brachypterous (long or short-winged). This species is fulvous overall, with orange-brown wings, body, and legs. There is a thin pale midline down the thorax and vertex. The face is dark, and there are several dark lines on the thorax and vertex.

For additional images of this species, see: 3I.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Southeastern United States; also Canada (Ontario), Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic (3I)
Abundance: Uncommon, recorded from several counties in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain; probably more abundant in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Sedgey, grassy areas
Plant Associates: Eleocharis quadrangulata (quarestem spikerush) (UDEL)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment:
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Nothodelphax slossonae No Common Name 8

Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Wake Co.
Comment: grassy habitat		Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Washington Co.
Comment: open forest habitat
Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Washington Co.
Comment: open forest habitat		Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Washington Co.
Comment: open forest habitat
Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond		Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond
Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond		Nothodelphax slossonaePhoto by: R Emmitt
Orange Co.
Comment: at lights. - unid_leafhopper