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Scaphoideus ochraceus - No Common Name     CICADELLIDAE Members: NC Records Public View

© Kyle Kittelberger- side view; note color
© Kyle Kittelberger- top view
© Kyle Kittelberger- top view;
note thoracic and head pattern
© Kyle Kittelberger
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description A distinctively orange colored species. The crown is cream colored with a thin brown anterior marginal line and a somewhat broad orange sinuous (wavy) band in front of the eyes; the rest of the head is cream colored. The face is yellow, sometimes with brown lines below the crown margin. The pronotum is orange with a central pale, cream-colored cruciate mark spanning from one pronotal margin to the the other. The scutellum is a mixture of orange a yellow/cream, with two bold orange spots in the anterior half. The wings are orange, sometimes yellowish, with some white spots; the wing venation is brown, dark near the wing tips. The legs are yellowish with some black spots. The underside of the body is mostly pale, a yellowish-brown with some dark brown spots. The male genital valve and plates are yellow, while the female pregenital sternite (sternite #7) is tan with a posterior dark brown medial spot; the posterior margin of the sternite are relatively straight, and there is no posterior notch. Adult males are 5.1-6.4 mm long, while females are 6.0-6.7 mm. (Barnett 1976) Nymphs are a pale orange overall, with several dark markings such as a dark spot on each side of the tip of the abdomen.
distribution Eastern United States and Canada
abundance Uncommon, recorded from several counties across the state, probably more abundant in the state in the right habitat.
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habitat Has been found near mixed hardwood forest habitat; also open woods and grassy areas.
plant associates Quercus, Andropogan furcatus, etc. (Barnett 1976)
behavior Can be attracted at night with a light.
comments One of only several orange members of this genus.
status [Native:] [Introduced:] [Extirpated:]
list_type [Official:] [Provisional:]
adult_id Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens
Identifiable from photos showing undersides, or other specialized views [e.g., legs, face]
Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis NULL
nymph_id Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants
Identifiable from close inspection of specimens or by DNA analysis
Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood NULL
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tribe Scaphoideini
subgenus Latenus

Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus ochraceus No Common Name

Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond; note female pregenital sternite here		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond
Photo by: Paul Scharf
Warren Co.
Comment: Attracted to UV Light		Photo by: Paul Scharf
Warren Co.
Comment: Attracted to UV Light
Photo by: Paul Scharf
Warren Co.
Comment: Attracted to UV Light		Photo by: Randy L Emmitt
Orange Co.
Comment: tiny little leafhopper, hard to get good photos when so small.
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female
Photo by: Jim Petranka
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Erich Hofmann
Craven Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52611884 - unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Erich Hofmann
Craven Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52611884 - unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
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Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
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Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
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Photo by: Scott Bolick
Montgomery Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Solomon Hendrix
Wake Co.
Comment: attracted to UV light