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Alebra fumida Gillette, 1898 - No Common Name     CICADELLIDAE Members: NC Records Public View

© John Rosenfeld- dark male
© John Rosenfeld- dark female
© Kyle Kittelberger- male, note color
© Margarita Lankford- female, note dusky wings
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description A dark brownish species, the only Alebra in North America with dusky wings. Males are evenly brown on the vertex, pronotum and wings, with some individuals being blackish-brown. The underside of the thorax is yellowish. Females are tawny, the wings fumose usually with the tips and clavus brown, or the entire dorsum brown as in the male. Structural characters are as in Alebra aurea. Adult males are listed at being 2.9-3.3 mm long, and this small size has been noted as differentiating this species from other Alebra, but males have also been collected by K. Kittelberger that are 3.8 and 4.1 mm so this species can range larger; females are 3.2 to 3.7 mm. (Hamilton, 1995)
distribution Eastern and central United States, as far west as Colorado; previously only known from the south from Tennessee. Also found in Ontario. (Hamilton, 1995)
abundance A couple recent records from the mountains; likely more abundant in this region.
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plant associates Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) (Hamilton, 1995)
behavior Can be attracted at night with a light.
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status [Native:] [Introduced:] [Extirpated:]
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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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tribe Alebrini
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Species Photo Gallery for Alebra fumida No Common Name

Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Margarita Lankford
Swain Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740- state record, female
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen		Photo by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: female
Photo by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: female		Photo by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: female
Photo by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male		Photo by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male
Photo by: John Rosenfeld
Out Of State Co.
Comment: male		Photo by: tom ward
Buncombe Co.
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