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Scaphoideus cinerosus Osborn, 1900 - No Common Name     Cicadellidae Members: NC Records Public View


© Kyle Kittelberger- female

© Kyle Kittelberger- female

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description A highly variable species, generally a grayish-white and dark brown color. The crown is white with a thin brown anterior marginal line around the edge and a small transverse orange band between the eyes. The face is brown with with a bold brown and cream band below the crown. The pronotum has a grayish white transverse bar above a broad transverse brown band; the apex of the pronotum is orange. The scutellum is white with two bold, dark posterior spots. The wings are grayish-white to brown with brown wing venation. The legs are yellowish white to pale brown with black spots along the sides. The abdominal terga are dorsally dark brown, laterally white, and the third sternum is brown; the remaining sterna are white, with the seventh sternum white and with the posterior medial area brown. The female pregenital sternite is whitish with a bold brown medial area on the edge; it is slightly produced with or without a posterior medial notch. Adult males are 4.7-5.3 mm long while females are 4.9-5.7 mm. (Barnett 1976)

For additional images, see: BG. For diagrams of the species, including a nymph, see: 3I.

distribution Eastern United States and across Canada (Barnett 1976)
abundance A couple records from the Piedmont; possibly under collected and more abundant in the right habitat.
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habitat Woodlands
plant associates Cottonwoods, herbaceous vegetation, birch, Pinus, Ulmus americana, Prunus emarginata, Tillia sp., Tuercus alba, etc. (Barnett 1976)
behavior Can be attracted at night with a light.
comments One of the most variable species in the genus. (Barnett 1976) For more images of this species (not sure if the specimen ID's are correct), see: BOLD.
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 Scaphoideus

Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus cinerosus No Common Name

Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; 5.2 mm
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; 5.2 mm
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; tentative ID
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn
Rockingham Co.
Comment: female; tentative ID
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: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimen; female