description |
A distinctive looking greenish leafhopper that is about 9-10 mm long. The heavily patterned wings with dense reticulations are characteristic of Rugosana, helping separate this species from eastern Gyponana. The green elytra (forewings), pronotum, and vertex (top of the head) are roughened with whitish mottling, and the vertex itself has a rounded margin, almost twice as wide as long. The pronotum has a conspicuous small black dot on each side, and there is a small black dot at the base of each forewing, near the pronotum. The eyes are also typically red, but can be pale green. The female pregenital sternite is almost truncate on the posterior margin, with a median block-shaped excavation about one-half the distance to the base (though this length can vary). Adult males are 9 mm long, females are 10 mm. (DeLong 1948, Freytag 1964)
Nymphs are distinctive, having a hairy, green body with mottling like the adults (these two characteristics can help separate this nymph from other Gyponini nymphs). (BG) |
Species Photo Gallery for Rugosana querci No Common Name |
![](photos_records/2013/tnRugosana_querci1377878137.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Ashe Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat | ![](photos_records/2013/tnRugosana_querci1388523311.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge |
![](photos_records/2014/tnRugosana_querci1415634908.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge | ![](photos_records/2014/tnRugosana_querci1415634272.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge |
![](photos_records/2014/tnRugosana_querci1410257442.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light | ![](photos_records/2014/tnRugosana_querci1410257462.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light |
![](photos_records/2018/10/tnRugosana_querci_1538701047_0.jpg) | Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV lights | ![](photos_records/2018/10/tnRugosana_querci_1538701047_1.jpg) | Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV lights |
![](photos_records/2018/11/tnRugosana_querci1541199503_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: collected from spider web | ![](photos_records/2018/11/tnRugosana_querci1541199503_1.JPG) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: collected from spider web |
![](photos_records/2019/07/tnRugosana_querci1562510563_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1609898509.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2020/10/tnRugosana_querci1602243034_0.JPG) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62081358 | ![](photos_records/2020/10/tnRugosana_querci1602243034_1.JPG) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62081358 |
![](photos_records/2021/tnRugosana_querci1609879634.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: female, 8.9 mm; photographed by K. Kittelberger | ![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1609885704.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: female, 8.9 mm; photographed by K. Kittelberger |
![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1609891707.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: female, 8.9 mm; photographed by K. Kittelberger | ![](photos_records/2021/tnRugosana_querci1609898673.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: female |
![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1609898707.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: female | ![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1609898894.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: female |
![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1610829580_1.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Stuck on a tree band on oak along a major road at the margin of forested area. 10 mm female | ![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1610829580_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Stuck on a tree band on oak along a major road at the margin of forested area. 10 mm female |
![](photos_records/2021/tnRugosana_querci1610834487.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: male | ![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1610834500.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: male |
![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1611030200.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: male; figures of style and penis included | ![](photos_records/2021/tnRugosana_querci1611030241.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male |
![](photos_records/2021/01/tnRugosana_querci1611030250.jpg) | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male | ![](photos_records/2021/09/tnGyponana_offula1631797336.jpg) | Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA |
![](photos_records/2021/09/tnRugosana_querci_1633048274_0.jpg) | Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2021/11/tnRugosana_querci1636049559_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 10 mm, caught in sweep of weedy vegetation around a retention basin |
![](photos_records/2021/11/tnRugosana_querci1636049559_1.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 10 mm, caught in sweep of weedy vegetation around a retention basin | ![](photos_records/2021/11/tnRugosana_querci1636049559_2.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 10 mm, caught in sweep of weedy vegetation around a retention basin |
![](photos_records/2022/06/tnRugosana_querci1655917813_0.jpg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Montgomery Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2022/06/tnRugosana_querci1656070662.jpg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Montgomery Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2022/08/tnGyponana_ortha1661889326.jpg) | Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA | ![](photos_records/2023/06/tnRugosana_querci1686060558_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: dead, stuck in goo on a tree band on Willow Oak |
![](photos_records/2023/06/tnRugosana_querci1687194234_0.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2023/06/tnRugosana_querci1687200348.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2023/06/tnRugosana_querci1687997041.jpg) | Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA | ![](photos_records/2024/01/tnRugosana_querci1704854586_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment: Caught while beat sheeting for spiders. |
![](photos_records/2024/01/tnRugosana_querci1704854586_1.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment: Caught while beat sheeting for spiders. | ![](photos_records/2024/01/tnRugosana_querci1704854587_2.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Wilson Co. Comment: Caught while beat sheeting for spiders. |
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