Description: Dark brown overall. The crown is white with a thin dark brown, interrupted anterior marginal line. There is an orange to dark brown wavy transverse band in front of the eyes; the eyes are dark brown. The face is pale yellow, with a dark brown area under the medial half of the eyes; there are several dark brown lines below the crown margin. The pronotum is dark brown mottled with pale yellow areas with a white translucent posterior margin. The scutellum is yellowish-white with a light brown central area and dark brown to black quadrate spots in each antero-lateral margin; the posterolateral margins each have a black dot. The wings are brownish with most cells dark brown, some white translucent spots; the wing venation is also dark brown. The coxae are dark brown. The abdominal terga are dorsally dark brown, laterally white, ventrally with white anterior and brown posterior. The sterna are dark brown in some specimens with a posterior white triangle or longitudinal medial line on sterna four to six. The male subgenital plates are short and pointed, with large lateral setae. The female pregenital sternite (sternite #7) is white with a brown posterior marginal band; the pygofer is long and narrow and brown. Adult males are 5.7-6.1 mm long, while females are 6.4-7.3 mm. (Barnett 1976)
The nymph is dark brown overall with lateral white dots on terga 5 and 6. (Barnett 1976) |
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