Hoppers of North Carolina

Family (Alpha):

No record found.

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Laevicephalus minimus - No Common Name

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Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Deltocephalinae	Tribe: Paralimnini
Taxonomic Author: (Osborn & Ball, 1897)

Identification

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Description: An unmarked lemon-yellow species with pale greenish tegmina; the head is paler, with traces of two brownish arcs on either side extending from the apex toward the ocellus. The head is short in the male but moderately long in females, with the coronal margins curved and the apex obtusely pointed. The elytra is milky hyaline with the nervures yellowish, faintly bordered with fuscous (especially in the male). The female pregenital sternite has the posterior margin roundedly produced, narrowly incised in the middle with a very small rounded notch on either side; the median third of the posterior margin is black. The male subgenital plates taper to bluntly pointed tips and are almost as long as the pygofers, with each having a black spot in the middle. Adult males are 2.5 mm long while females are 2.75-3.0 mm. (DeLong, 1948; Ross & Hamilton, 1972) For diagrams of this species, see: 3I.

Distribution in North Carolina


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Distribution: Eastern and central United States (3I)
Abundance: Recorded from the state in Metcalf (1967), but unclear from where.
Seasonal Occurrence

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Prairie-type grasslands, especially those with a matrix of Sporobolus and Stipa (DeLong, 1926)

Plant Associates: Grasses, particularly those in the genus Stipa (DeLong, 1948)

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Comment:

Status: Native

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Laevicephalus minimus - No Common Name