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A tawny, fulvousy orange species with a bluntly pointed, short head. The wings are brownish fulvous, with the vertex paler; the vertex has three pale longitudinal lines. The black wing venation, black marks, and white areolar spots on the wings are restricted to the apical third and on the costa; the rest of the wings are a uniform fulvous. The scutellum is also pale, with the lateral angles brown; the pronotum can have a black posterior patch, not present in some individuals. The face is a dull yellowish color that lacks dark margins. The male plates are somewhat triangular, sharply pointed and strongly diverging from one another. The female pregenital sternite is around one and one-half times as wide as the length, and the posterior margin is rounded with a small median lobe. Adult males are 4.5 mm long, females are 5.0 mm. (DeLong 1948), (Hepner 1947)
For diagrams of this species, see: Zahniser. For images of this species, see: BG, BOLD. |
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Primarily eastern North America, in particular northern regions |
| abundance |
Recorded from several counties in the mountains; probably more abundant in the right habitat. |
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Montane |
| plant associates |
Reported from pine and huckleberry, as well as bayberry (Myrica carolinensis); hucklberry and maybe bayberry are the likely hosts for this species. (Hepner 1947) |
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Can be attracted at night with a light. |
| comments |
This species resembles S. angustatus, differing in the lack of green which is replaced in S. fulvus with brown. |
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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 Scaphytopius fulvus No Common Name |
 | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Avery Co.
Comment: Leafhopper and nymph on the same Blueberry/Huckleberry bush. - unid_leafhopper |  | Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Avery Co.
Comment: Leafhopper on Blueberry/Huckleberry bush |
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