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Alebra fumida - No Common Name

Alebra fumida
© John Rosenfeld- dark male		Alebra fumida
© John Rosenfeld- dark female		Alebra fumida
© Kyle Kittelberger- male, note color		Alebra fumida
© Margarita Lankford- female, note dusky wings
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: TyphlocybinaeTribe: Alebrini
Taxonomic Author: Gillette, 1898
Identification
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Description: A dark brownish species, the only Alebra in North America with dusky wings. Males are evenly brown on the vertex, pronotum and wings, with some individuals being blackish-brown. The underside of the thorax is yellowish. Females are tawny, the wings fumose usually with the tips and clavus brown, or the entire dorsum brown as in the male. Structural characters are as in Alebra aurea. Adult males are listed at being 2.9-3.3 mm long, and this small size has been noted as differentiating this species from other Alebra, but males have also been collected by K. Kittelberger that are 3.8 and 4.1 mm so this species can range larger; females are 3.2 to 3.7 mm. (Hamilton, 1995)
Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Eastern and central United States, as far west as Colorado; previously only known from the south from Tennessee. Also found in Ontario. (Hamilton, 1995)
Abundance: A couple recent records from the mountains; likely more abundant in this region.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Plant Associates: Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) (Hamilton, 1995)
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Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Alebra fumida No Common Name

Alebra fumidaPhoto by: tom ward
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male
Alebra fumidaPhoto by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male
Alebra fumidaPhoto by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: female		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: female
Alebra fumidaPhoto by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: female		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen
Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen
Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper
Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper
Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper		Alebra fumidaPhoto by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740- state record, female