description |
A dark leafhopper with a reddish-brown color pattern, sometimes with a brighter red or green hue. The extensive brown patches on the wings and head are characteristic of this species; the brown color sort of resembles the color of dried-blood (hence 'vulnerata') (BG). Some individuals however have very vibrant red wings and sometimes a red head and thorax. There are small pale spots on the side of an otherwise dark head with a pale midline; these pale spots resemble white stripes next to the eyes. The pronotum and mesonotum are also mostly dark, and the anteclypeus is brown or black. There is a white patch on the costal margin of the wings, and the wing tips are a dark brown. The underside of the thorax (the mesosternum to be exact) is dark, the rest is pale. Adults are 2.7-3.2 mm long. (Dmitriev & Dietrich, 2007)
For more images of this species showing the array of variation, see: BG.
Nymphs are reddish-brown with yellowish markings dorsally, divided by a yellowish stripe. The underside of the abdomen is a bold red color; the legs are yellow. |
Species Photo Gallery for Erasmoneura vulnerata No Common Name |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat | | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light |
| Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat |
| Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light | | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light |
| Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light | | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat. One red individual | | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light |
| Photo by: Harry Wilson Wake Co. Comment: | | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to ultraviolet light. |
| Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | | Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: | | Photo by: T. DeSantis Durham Co. Comment: ENRI |
| Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv lights | | Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv lights |
| Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Yard near woods. | | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Yard near woods. |
| Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53386723 | | Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53386723 |
| Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53386723 | | Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: red form |
| Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.6 mm, came to UV light and sheet at night | | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.6 mm, came to UV light and sheet at night |
| Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.6 mm, came to UV light and sheet at night | | Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment: |
| Photo by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment: Attracted to 15W UV lamp | | Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment: |
| Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment: | | Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment: |
| Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: B. Bockhahn Wilson Co. Comment: | | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Suburban yard near woods. |
| Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Suburban yard near woods. | | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.7 mm, found indoors |
| Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.7 mm, found indoors | | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.7 mm, found indoors |
| Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.7 mm, found indoors |