description |
This species is very dark (the darkest member of the genus) with black wings that have white areolar spots scattered throughout the wings (not restricted to the apical third). The thorax and head are also black, with the latter having a small pale triangular tip to the vertex; the head is also relatively short and is not sharply pointed. Some females are a dark brown rather than black. Both sexes have the characteristic yellow face that strongly contrasts with the rest of the dark body. The male subgenital plates are almost as long as the pygofers, being elongate and somewhat triangular with concave rounded lateral sides near the base. The female pregenital sternite is roundedly produced on the posterior margin. Adults are typically 4.0-4.5 mm long, with males smaller than females and reaching as low as 3.8 mm in length. (DeLong 1948), (Hepner 1947)
Nymphs resemble the adults, having a dark body with a yellowish face.
For diagrams of this species, see: Zahniser. |
Species Photo Gallery for Scaphytopius frontalis Yellowfaced Leafhopper |
| Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweping | | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweping |
| Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweping | | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweping |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Vance Co. Comment: Found in grassy field/forest edge habitat | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Mitchell Co. Comment: grassy, brushy vegetation in the open on the top of the mountain; the bald |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Mitchell Co. Comment: grassy, brushy vegetation in the open on the top of the mountain; the bald | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Mitchell Co. Comment: grassy, brushy vegetation in the open on the top of the mountain; the bald |
| Photo by: T. DeSantis Camden Co. Comment: DISW | | Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn Yancey Co. Comment: Caught sweeping |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm | | Photo by: FKW Gates Co. Comment: MEMI |
| Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: | | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: |
| Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47920868 | | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: caught with 2 others while beating Common Ragweed, 4.3 mm |
| Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: caught with 2 others while beating Common Ragweed, 4.3 mm | | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: caught with 2 others while beating Common Ragweed, 4.3 mm |
| 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: 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: 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: 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: unid_leafhopper | | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Iredell Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a weedy field. |
| Photo by: Rob Van Epps Iredell Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a weedy field. |