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The only green leafhopper in the East with smoky wingtips (note that the tips of the wings are not green, as the smoky color isn't always as apparent since it is more a factor of the semi-transparent wing cells). The pronotum and scutellum are yellowish-green; the wing venation is yellow or white. However, this species is variable in color, and individuals typically have very dark bluish-black wings: see 1 and 2. The female pregenital sternite lacks lateral angles and has the posterior margin produced, sloping towards the middle of the sternite; there is a small incision in the middle, which slightly projects, and the whole posterior margin of the sternite is black. The male subgenital plates are broad at the bases, strongly and convexly curving to blunt and broad apexes. Adults are 3.5-4.0 mm long. (DeLong 1948)
For diagrams of this species, see: Zahniser. |
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Eastern North America, west to the Pacific |
| abundance |
Scattered records across the mountains, where it can be locally abundant. |
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Found in brushy, field-type habitats with grass; also open woodlands. |
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Elymus grasses (DeLong 1948) |
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This is supposedly the only native member of this genus in the East (BG). |
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| 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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Species Photo Gallery for Sorhoanus orientalis No Common Name |
 | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Watauga Co.
Comment: brushy, field-type habitat |  | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Watauga Co.
Comment: brushy, field-type habitat |
 | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Watauga Co.
Comment: brushy, field-type habitat |  | Photo by: J. B. Sullivan
Yancey Co.
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 | Photo by: J. B. Sullivan
Yancey Co.
Comment: |  | Photo by: J. B. Sullivan
Yancey Co.
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 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |  | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |
 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |  | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |
 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |  | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |
 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |
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