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Scaphoideus cinerosus - No Common Name

Scaphoideus cinerosus
© Kyle Kittelberger- female		Scaphoideus cinerosus
© Kyle Kittelberger- female
Taxonomy
Family: CicadellidaeSubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: ScaphoideiniSubgenus: Scaphoideus
Taxonomic Author: Osborn, 1900
Identification
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Description: A highly variable species, generally a grayish-white and dark brown color. The crown is white with a thin brown anterior marginal line around the edge and a small transverse orange band between the eyes. The face is brown with with a bold brown and cream band below the crown. The pronotum has a grayish white transverse bar above a broad transverse brown band; the apex of the pronotum is orange. The scutellum is white with two bold, dark posterior spots. The wings are grayish-white to brown with brown wing venation. The legs are yellowish white to pale brown with black spots along the sides. The abdominal terga are dorsally dark brown, laterally white, and the third sternum is brown; the remaining sterna are white, with the seventh sternum white and with the posterior medial area brown. The female pregenital sternite is whitish with a bold brown medial area on the edge; it is slightly produced with or without a posterior medial notch. Adult males are 4.7-5.3 mm long while females are 4.9-5.7 mm. (Barnett 1976)

For additional images, see: BG. For diagrams of the species, including a nymph, see: 3I.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Eastern United States and across Canada (Barnett 1976)
Abundance: A couple records from the Piedmont; possibly under collected and more abundant in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Woodlands
Plant Associates: Cottonwoods, herbaceous vegetation, birch, Pinus, Ulmus americana, Prunus emarginata, Tillia sp., Tuercus alba, etc. (Barnett 1976)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment: One of the most variable species in the genus. (Barnett 1976) For more images of this species (not sure if the specimen ID's are correct), see: BOLD.
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus cinerosus No Common Name

Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; 5.2 mm		Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; 5.2 mm
Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female		Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; tentative ID
Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; tentative ID		Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female
Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female		Scaphoideus cinerosusPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female