description |
A variably colored species, ranging from yellow to brown to green to blue with a heavy dark line along the ridge and indistinct scattered pale spots. This species has a somewhat rounded, pyramidal crest that is shorter than the other two members of this genus, sloping toward the head. Females have a higher crest than males, and there is a thin brownish fringe to the crest. There are also several black dots above the eyes on the pronotum. The tegmina are largely hyaline with a blackish smudge at the tips; the venation is pale. Males are 8 mm long, while females are 9 mm; height of pronotum is 4.5 mm. (FCSA), (Kopp & Yonke, 1974) |
Species Photo Gallery for Archasia pallida No Common Name |
![](photos_records/2013/tnArchasia_belfragei1379772402.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light | ![](photos_records/2013/tnArchasia_belfragei1379772579.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light |
![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1438985322.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light | ![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1434043075.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn,C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Light |
![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1434043096.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn,C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Light | ![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1434043133.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn,C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Light |
![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1438778403.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Light | ![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1438778419.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Light |
![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1438778434.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Light | ![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1438816335.jpg) | Photo by: Mark J. Rothschild Out Of State Co. Comment: male |
![](photos_records/2015/tnArchasia_pallida1444058274.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: the crest is a little higher and more irregular than typical | ![](photos_records/2017/tnArchasia_pallida1501704755.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2017/08/tnArchasia_pallida1501704761.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2017/08/tnArchasia_pallida1501704765.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2022/05/tnArchasia_pallida1652847179_1.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 9 mm female stuck on a tree band on Willow Oak | ![](photos_records/2022/05/tnArchasia_pallida1652847179_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 9 mm female stuck on a tree band on Willow Oak |
![](photos_records/2023/05/tnArchasia_pallida1683232709_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: retrieved from a tree band on oak | ![](photos_records/2023/05/tnArchasia_pallida1684965746_0.jpg) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann, David George, Rich Teper, Jeff Niznik New Hanover Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2023/05/tnArchasia_pallida1684965746_1.jpg) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann, David George, Rich Teper, Jeff Niznik New Hanover Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2023/07/tnArchasia_pallida1688517481_0.jpg) | Photo by: Rob Van Epps McDowell Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2024/05/tnArchasia_pallida1716943327_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment: Attracted to front porch light. | ![](photos_records/2024/05/tnArchasia_pallida1716943327_1.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment: Attracted to front porch light. |
![](photos_records/2024/05/tnArchasia_pallida1716943328_2.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment: Attracted to front porch light. |