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Aligia modesta - No Common Name

Aligia modesta
© Kyle Kittelberger- note orange overall color		Aligia modesta
© Kyle Kittelberger
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: Athysanini
Taxonomic Author: (Osborn & Ball, 1898)
Identification
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Description: Fulvous overall, with a pair of tawny spots near the apex of the vertex and a pair of oblique marks inside the basal angles. The pronotum is faintly irrorate with tawny color. The elytra are white, subhyaline, and tinted with reddish-fulvous, interrupted by two pale transverse bands. There is an indefinite basal band and a narrow definite one across the second cross nervature. The male subgenital plates are long and spoon shaped. The female pregenital sternite is truncate, with a broad, slightly rounded median projection. Adults are 4.5-5.5 mm long. (DeLong, 1948)

For more images of this species, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: An uncommon species recorded primarily from the Southeastern United States (BG).
Abundance: Uncommon, recorded from a few counties in the Piedmont and mountains; likely more abundant in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Cutover areas where oak shrubs grow (DeLong, 1948)
Plant Associates: Oak (DeLong, 1948)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment: This species is most similar to Agallia meridiana, and the two have been confused online up until recently. A. meridiana is noted as being more highly colored than modesta (Hepner, 1939). A. modesta is seemingly more orange and less-banded overall.
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Aligia modesta No Common Name

Aligia modestaPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond		Aligia modestaPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond
Aligia modestaPhoto by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond