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Eutettix marmoratus - No Common Name


© Kyle Kittelberger- male, note coloration
© Kyle Kittelberger- male, note pattern
© Scott Bolick
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: AthysaniniSubgenus: Eutettix
Taxonomic Author: (Van Duzee, 1892)
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: A somewhat variable but brown to reddish-brown species. The frons is fulvous with somewhat dark markings, the vertex is ivory-yellow to fulvous with some darker markings. The scutellum is reddish-brown to fulvous to gray; the pronotum is brown to reddish-brown, lighter along the anterior margin. The wings are semihyaline-fulvous with clouded, paler areas on the anterior third and in apical cells. In some specimens, the color markings are absent and the body and wings are fulvous throughout (like the male specimen above). The male subgenital plates are triangular and tapered, the female pregenital sternite has a sinusoidal posterior margin with a median prominent projection. Adult males are 5.0 mm long, females are 6.0 mm. (Hepner, 1942)

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Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Eastern United States
Abundance: An old historical record from the mountains and a recent one from the Piedmont.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Plant Associates: Oaks (Quercus spp.), especially scrub oak (Chandler & Hamilton 2017)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment: NOTE: Eutettix is very complicated with many look alike species, and the genus is in dire need of a revision.
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Eutettix marmoratus No Common Name

Photo by: Scott Bolick
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Scott Bolick
Guilford Co.
Comment: tentative but likely
Photo by: Scott Bolick
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm