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Erythroneura carinata - No Common Name


© Kyle Kittelberger
© Kyle Kittelberger- note band coloration
© Scott Bolick
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: TyphlocybinaeTribe: Erythroneurini
Taxonomic Author: Dmitriev & Dietrich, 2007
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: A banded species with a yellow or white dorsum and a red, orange, or brown color pattern. There are two parallel orange submedial lines on the head with a pale midline, though this can sometimes be fused into a single thicker mark. The body has three dark transverse bands- on the thorax, middle of the wings, and wing tips. The thoracic band, which extends across the upper part of the mesonotum/scutellum and most of the pronotum, is brownish-red; the apex of the scutellum is contrastingly pale. The anterior side of the band facing the vertex typically fades into the head. The band across the wings is a pale red, as if someone has erased the color of the band; this is key for the species. The wing tips are dark gray to blackish. There is a large blue to black spot on the costal margin of each wing, and a distal spot in the second apical wing cell. The face and underside of the thorax are completely pale. Adults are 3.0-3.2 mm long. (Dmitriev & Dietrich, 2007)

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Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Eastern United States (3I)
Abundance: Recently recorded in the state, known from a few counties in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain; likely more abundant in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Has been found in mixed hardwood forest.
Plant Associates: Vitis sp. (3I)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment: This species perhaps is most similar visually to E. diva and E. tricincta, as if it is a hybrid of those two species. Note the "erased" middle band across the wings, and overall paler dark areas in E. carinata.
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Erythroneura carinata No Common Name

Photo by: F. Williams, S. Williams
Gates Co.
Comment: MEMI		Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
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Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
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Montgomery Co.
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Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Wake Co.
Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Wake Co.
Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Wake Co.
Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat; first state record		Photo by: Scott Bolick
Guilford Co.
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Photo by: Scott Bolick
Guilford Co.
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Guilford Co.
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