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Empoa vestita - No Common Name

Empoa vestita
© Solomon Hendrix		Empoa vestita
© Solomon Hendrix		Empoa vestita
© Robert Deans- note coloration
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: TyphlocybinaeTribe: TyphlocybiniSubgenus: Empoa
Taxonomic Author: (McAtee, 1926)
Identification
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Description: Yellowish or greenish with dark brown markings, with the pronotum characteristically infumose to dark brown; sometimes the head is also dark, and the wings are typically concolorous with the pronotum. Adults are 3.25-3.5 mm long. (Beirne, 1956; Christian, 1953, Hamilton 1983)

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Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Northeastern and midwestern United States and southeastern Canada; now known to occur as far south as North Carolina.
Abundance: Rare, a couple recent records from the upper Piedmont and mountains; likely much more abundant in this part of the state.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Woodland
Plant Associates: Ulmus spp. (Christian, 1953, Hamilton 1983)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment:
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Empoa vestita No Common Name

Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Teneral		Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Teneral
Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: Teneral		Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Solomon Hendrix
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male, 3.2 mm
Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Solomon Hendrix
Out Of State Co.
Comment: came to lights		Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Solomon Hendrix
Out Of State Co.
Comment: came to lights
Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Robert Deans
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Empoa vestita, new state record? - unid_leafhopper		Empoa vestitaPhoto by: Robert Deans
Forsyth Co.
Comment: Empoa vestita, new state record