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Oncopsis infumata - No Common Name


© Kyle Kittelberger- male
© Kyle Kittelberger- male; note face
© Kyle Kittelberger- female (phase D)
© Kyle Kittelberger- female; note dark brown face
Taxonomy
Family: CicadellidaeSubfamily: EurymelinaeTribe: Macropsini
Taxonomic Author: (Hamilton, 1983)
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: Males are somewhat dark, with the wings evenly smoky brown with 2 pale spots along the commissure (the inner edge of the wings). The face is yellowish with a bold black curved band that extends from one eye to the other. Females are can be colored similar to the males though are not quite as dark, with paler wings. However, there is variation in the female color phases: phase A (7% of individuals) is entirely ferruginous, phase B (15%) is largely ferruginous but with some paler/yellowish areas around the base of the wings, phase C (2%) is similar to phase B but with some paler windows in the wings, phase D (10%) has largely hyaline wings with two black marks along the commissure and some slightly smokey patches on the wings, and phase E (66%) has predominately hyaline wings with minimal smokey tinting as well as reduced marks along the commissure and dark scutellar angles. The face has a circular brown to black mark, and the vertex is sometimes brown. The wings vary from being smokey to mottled with ferruginous and hyaline coloration. Adult males are 4.4-4.8 mm long, while females are 4.4-5.0 mm. (Hamilton 1983)

For a pinned specimen, see: BOLD.

The nymph of this species is pale ferruginous to black, variegated with yellow, or completely ferruginous to brown; see pics below.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Found only in the mountains of North Carolina and barely across the border in Tennessee (Collins Gap, Indian Gap) (Hamilton 1983)
Abundance: Near endemic to the mountains of North Carolina
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Montane forest
Plant Associates: Birch (Betula spp.), probably yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis) and black birch (B. nigra) (Hamilton 1983)
Behavior:
Comment: There are 6 records of Oncopsis concurrens from Swain county on 2003-07-30. O. concurrens is essentially the northern counterpart of O. infumata, and concurrens is found in the Northeastern United States and northeastern Canada. Therefore, it is most likely that these records labeled as concurrens pertain to infumata.

This species is named after the Smoky Mountains (= infumata). (Hamilton 1983)

Status: Native
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See also Habitat Account for General Montane Mesic Forests

Species Photo Gallery for Oncopsis infumata No Common Name

Photo by: Scott Bolick
Wilkes Co.
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Wilkes Co.
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Wilkes Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
Comment: Color phase A		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Scott Bolick
Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Photo by: Scott Bolick
Alleghany Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Surry Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Alleghany Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female, phase E		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; male		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; male
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; male		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens; nymphs
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens; nymphs		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens; nymphs
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens; nymphs		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens; nymphs
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Macon Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens; nymphs