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A highly, highly variable species with many different color forms: see here and here for some of them. Almost all color forms have alternating bands of black and yellow on the head and upper pronotum, with the rest of the pronotum blackish. Many forms also have a yellow shield or saddle of some sort on the wings, which are otherwise black or dark brown. Some individuals though can have mostly yellow wings. This species is most similar to C. testacea, with one form in particular that has an all black elytra that resembles the male of C. testacea. However, this black form has a black band across the face, a key characteristic shared among all other forms as well, separating this from the male C. testacea whose face lacks the dark band. Males are 2.9-3.5 mm long, while females are 3.3-4.1 mm (BG).
Nymphs are variable in color, ranging from light brown with a dark brown band across the base of the abdomen and a dark tip to the abdomen to bicolored with a pale yellowish abdomen and dark head and thorax; the latter seems to be the more common color pattern. Note how nymphs of this species compare with those of C. achatina. |
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Found throughout the eastern United States and southern Canada, ranging as far west as British Columbia where it is considered adventive (BG) |
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Uncommon to rare, recorded in only a few counties in North Carolina. Likely more common in the right habitat. |
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Where dogwoods are present. |
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Nymphs feed on bush dogwoods (Cornus sp.) but evidently not tree dogwoods (Cornus florida, Flowering Dogwood); has also been found on Vaccinium, at least in the Midwest. Adults feed on the same hosts as the nymphs. (Hamilton, 1982) |
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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 Clastoptera proteus Dogwood Spittlebug |
 | Photo by: North Carolina State University Insect Collection
Montgomery Co.
Comment: |  | Photo by: North Carolina State University Insect Collection
Montgomery Co.
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 | Photo by: North Carolina State University Insect Collection
Montgomery Co.
Comment: |  | Photo by: North Carolina State University Insect Collection
Montgomery Co.
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 | Photo by: North Carolina State University Insect Collection
Montgomery Co.
Comment: |  | 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 |
 | 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_spittlebug |  | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_spittlebug |
 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_spittlebug |  | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_spittlebug |
 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_spittlebug |
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