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Kyboasca atrolabes - No Common Name


© Ted Wilcox- note black spot
© Ted Wilcox
© Ted Wilcox- note wing pattern
© Ted Wilcox
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: TyphlocybinaeTribe: Empoascini
Taxonomic Author: (Gillette, 1898)
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: A dark to dull green species with the claval vein on each wing bluish. The apical fourth of the wings are smoky, particularly the apical cells, contrasting with the green venation, and there is a prominent black spot near the apex of the inner basal cells. The vertex has pale mottling, and the anterior half of the pronotum and scutellum are yellowish-brown. The female pregenital sternite is angularly produced to the center of the posterior margin, where a broad tooth is sometimes notched in the middle and formed by an oblique notch on either side; the posterior margin ends in a sharp point on either side of this notch. The male subgenital plates are long and narrow, about six times as long as the width at the base. Adults are 3.5 mm long. (DeLong, 1931)

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Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Transcontinental though primarily northern distribution, across the northern United States and southern Canada; listed as previously being collected as far south as Virginia (TW). Now known to occur as far south as the southern Appalachians in North Carolina.
Abundance: Rare, one recent record from the mountains. Likely under-collected and more widespread.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Woodlands
Plant Associates: Feeds on alders (Alnus sp.), but also collected from hazelnut and witch-hazel (Chandler and Hamilton, 2017).
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment:
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Kyboasca atrolabes No Common Name

Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment:
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Found on Alder - unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Found on Alder - unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Found on Alder - unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Found on Alder; first state record
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Found on Alder; first state record