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A variably-marked species that is typically green and brown. Adults have a green head, thorax, and [typically] outer half of the forewing. The vertex is broadly produced and rounded. The scutellum is typically pale brown with a whitish posterior half and rufous anterior corners. The inner half of the forewings and wingtips are typically brownish (ranging from light to dark brown), forming a distinctive brown streak down the middle of the back that widens towards the wings tips. There are some black dots, mostly scattered within the brown area on the back. The legs and eyes are brown. Some individuals though can have much darker wings; see here for variation among adults. The female pregenital sternite has the posterior margin broadly but shallowly notched in the middle with lateral lobes. The male subgenital plates are elongate and rectangular. Adults are 8.0-10.0 mm long. (DeLong 1948)
Nymphs are a dull brownish-green, with early instars uniformly dark brown. |
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NOTE: For many years, green Gyponana nymphs with brown lateral margins were incorrectly identified as belonging to Ponana pectoralis.
It is believed that Ponana pectoralis may consist of multiple cryptic species. This is a wide-ranging species in the eastern United States, and there is enough variation in color and pattern that multiple cryptic species may be present. This is supported by limited, preliminary genetic barcoding. |
Species Photo Gallery for Ponana pectoralis No Common Name |
![](photos_records/2013/tnPonana_pectoralis1381609243.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Orange Co. Comment: Mixed hardwood forest edge | ![](photos_records/2013/tnPonana_pectoralis1381609281.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Orange Co. Comment: Mixed hardwood forest edge |
![](photos_records/2014/tnPonana_pectoralis1416197272.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Orange Co. Comment: Mixed hardwood forest edge | ![](photos_records/2014/tnPonana_pectoralis1416197024.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, open area with shrubby vegetation and mixed forest nearby |
![](photos_records/2014/tnPonana_pectoralis1410827853.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, open area with shrubby vegetation and mixed forest nearby | ![](photos_records/2014/tnPonana_pectoralis1410828361.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, open area with shrubby vegetation and mixed forest nearby |
![](photos_records/2017/08/tnPonana_pectoralis1503366332_0.JPG) | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to black light. | ![](photos_records/2017/08/tnPonana_pectoralis1503366332_1.JPG) | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to black light. |
![](photos_records/2017/10/tnPonana_pectoralis1509228723.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Ashe Co. Comment: collected by Bo Sullivan | ![](photos_records/2017/10/tnPonana_pectoralis1509228926.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Ashe Co. Comment: collected by Bo Sullivan |
![](photos_records/2017/10/tnPonana_pectoralis1509229065.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Ashe Co. Comment: collected by Bo Sullivan | ![](photos_records/2018/06/tnPonana_pectoralis1530021662_0.jpg) | Photo by: Kenneth Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 9.7 mm |
![](photos_records/2018/07/tnPonana_pectoralis1530487506_0.jpg) | Photo by: Randy L Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv light | ![](photos_records/2018/09/tnPonana_pectoralis1537478563_0.JPG) | Photo by: Vin Stanton Madison Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2019/05/tnPonana_pectoralis1559261663_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 10 mm, came to CFL, UV light combo, cove forest edge with small lawn and meadow nearby | ![](photos_records/2019/05/tnPonana_pectoralis1559261663_1.JPG) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 10 mm, came to CFL, UV light combo, cove forest edge with small lawn and meadow nearby |
![](photos_records/2019/06/tnPonana_pectoralis1560114077_0.jpg) | Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2019/06/tnPonana_pectoralis1560114078_1.jpg) | Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2020/05/tnPonana_pectoralis_1588964307_0.jpg) | Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2022/05/tnPonana_pectoralis1653955506_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: incandescent porch light at night, forest edge |
![](photos_records/2022/06/tnPonana_pectoralis1655377945_0.jpg) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann Buncombe Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2022/06/tnPonana_pectoralis1655377945_1.jpg) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann Buncombe Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2023/06/tnunid_leafhopper1687565905_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper | ![](photos_records/2023/06/tnunid_leafhopper1688005276_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper |
![](photos_records/2023/09/tnPonana_pectoralis1695690656_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment: Attracted to front porch light | ![](photos_records/2023/09/tnPonana_pectoralis1695690656_1.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment: Attracted to front porch light |
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