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synonym |
Empoasca fabalis |
description |
The dorsum is a pale green or yellow color; there are few symmetrical cream-colored markings on the head and thorax. The crown lacks round spots. The face is pale, without any dark spots. The pronotum lacks and dark markings. The wings lack any spots. The male subgenital plates have a wide base before narrowing about halfway and tapering; they are divergent from one another. The male subgenital plates are long, slender and narrow, strongly diverging from one another. The female pregenital sternite is rectangular, with a largely straight posterior margin. (3I) |
distribution |
Throughout the eastern United States, Caribbean, Central America and South America (3I) |
abundance |
Recorded from a single county in the Coastal Plain; likely more abundant in the right habitat. |
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habitat |
Agricultural fields |
plant associates |
Recorded in the state from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); also recorded from Gossypium sp. (cotton), Lonicera japonica, Zea mays, Ipomoea acuminata, Ipomoea crassicaulis, Ipomoea rubra, Ipomoea tiliacea, Solanum tuberosum (potato), among others (3I) |
behavior |
Can be attracted at night with a light. |
comments |
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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 |
Empoascini |
subgenus |
Hebata |