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CICADELLIDAE Members: NC Records

Hecalus viridis - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: Hecalini
Taxonomic Author: (Uhler, 1877)
Identification
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Description: A pale green species (rarely, straw-coloured) with a fine, dark line on the lower edge of the coronal margin on the vertex. The female often has pale brown lines on longitudinal wing veins. Ventrally, males have black tergites contrasting with unmarked pale green sternites. The head has the coronal margin angled; the crown of the female is parabolically rounded, as long as the midlength of the pronotum but distinctly narrower than the pronotum, whereas the head of the male is parabolically pointed and shorter than the midlength of the pronotum. The wings of the female are subbrachypterous to macropterous, exposing the ovipositor and at least the tip of the pygofers; males are macropterous. The female pregenital sternite is truncate, with a straight posterior margin. The male subgenital plates are triangular, with slightly concave lateral margins. Adult males are 4.9-5.9 mm long and have a width of 1.3-1.5 mm across the eyes, females are 6.7-7.9 mm long and have a width of 1.6-1.9 mm across the eyes. (Hamilton 2000)

For additional images of specimens of this species, see: 3I and BOLD.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Transcontinental, found throughout North America (3I); the most abundant and widespread of the Hecalini in the United States (Hamilton 2000).
Abundance: Reported from the state per Metcalf, but unclear from where. Adults are reported from late April to early October, with nymphs present from late July to late August; probably two broods of nymphs (Hamilton 2000).
Seasonal Occurrence
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Grassy areas
Plant Associates: Various grasses, usually on Elymus spp. and Agropyron spp., but also collected from Aristida spp., Hesperostipa spartea, Hesperostipa comata, Panicum virgatum, and Andropogon scoparius (Hamilton 2000).
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Status: Native
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