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A grayish species mottled all over with dark marks, especially on the wings. The vertex is flat and bluntly angled, wider between the eyes than in the middle; there is a distinctive white "cross" mark on the vertex, and there is a white line on the inner sides of each eye. The pronotum has white longitudinal bands, and the wing venation is white. The face is a pale fuscous color. The female seventh sternite is black on the central half with a posterior margin concavely rounded on either side of a very prominent projection, which is usually bifid (has two teeth). The male subgenital plates have lateral lobes, strongly divering from one another. Adults are 4.0-4.5 mm long. Nymphs have a characteristic orange color pattern with white lines on the thorax, a pale midline on the abdomen, and pale abdominal sides. (DeLong 1948)
For diagrams of this species, including a nymph, see: 3I. |
| distribution |
A common species, found throughout much of North America |
| abundance |
Recorded recently from a single county in the mountains, possibly more abundant in the right habitat. |
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| habitat |
Grassy, brushy habitat. |
| plant associates |
Poa compressa, other grasses (DeLong 1948) |
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Until adults can be associated with nymphs, the identity of the specimens on this page is tentative. |
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[Native:]
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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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Paralimnini |
| subgenus |
Diplocolenus |
Species Photo Gallery for Diplocolenus configuratus No Common Name |
 | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm; nymph |  | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm; nymph |
 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper |
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