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Tautoneura polymitusa - No Common Name

Tautoneura polymitusa
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Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: TyphlocybinaeTribe: Erythroneurini
Taxonomic Author: Oh & Jung, 2016
Identification
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Description: A fairly distinctively-marked species, with an orange/white color pattern. The base color of the head, pronotum, scutellum, and forewings is whitish, with a series of ochraceous/orange markings surrounded by darker borders across the entire hopper. The face is pale yellowish and the lora yellow; the underside of the thorax and pregenital part of the abdomen are yellow-brown. The terminalia are yellowish-brown, the legs pale yellow, and the abdominal sternites and tergites of the female are dark brown. Adult males are 2.4-2.6 mm long for their body, females are 2.5-2.7 mm. (Toth et al., 2017)

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Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Native to Korea and introduced in at least Europe and North America. Seemingly first detected in the United States in the Midwestern region, in Missouri in 2020; it has since been rapidly expanding across the United States.
Abundance: Rare, recorded from a single county in the Piedmont, but this species is expanding and likely to turn up in other counties.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Plant Associates: Ulmus pumila, U. minor, U. parvifolia, Tilia spp. (3I)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment:
Status: Introduced
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Species Photo Gallery for Tautoneura polymitusa No Common Name 2

Tautoneura polymitusaPhoto by: Robert Deans
Forsyth Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Tautoneura polymitusaPhoto by: Robert Deans
Forsyth Co.
Comment: State record