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A pale green species (rarely, straw-coloured) with a fine, dark line on the lower edge of the coronal margin on the vertex. The female often has pale brown lines on longitudinal wing veins. Ventrally, males have black tergites contrasting with unmarked pale green sternites. The head has the coronal margin angled; the crown of the female is parabolically rounded, as long as the midlength of the pronotum but distinctly narrower than the pronotum, whereas the head of the male is parabolically pointed and shorter than the midlength of the pronotum. The wings of the female are subbrachypterous to macropterous, exposing the ovipositor and at least the tip of the pygofers; males are macropterous. The female pregenital sternite is truncate, with a straight posterior margin. The male subgenital plates are triangular, with slightly concave lateral margins. Adult males are 4.9-5.9 mm long and have a width of 1.3-1.5 mm across the eyes, females are 6.7-7.9 mm long and have a width of 1.6-1.9 mm across the eyes. (Hamilton 2000)
For additional images of specimens of this species, see: 3I and BOLD. |
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Transcontinental, found throughout North America (3I); the most abundant and widespread of the Hecalini in the United States (Hamilton 2000). |
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Adults are reported from late April to early October, with nymphs present from late July to late August; probably two broods of nymphs (Hamilton 2000). Recently recorded from the coast. |
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Grassy areas |
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Various grasses, usually on Elymus spp. and Agropyron spp., but also collected from Aristida spp., Hesperostipa spartea, Hesperostipa comata, Panicum virgatum, and Andropogon scoparius (Hamilton 2000). |
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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 Hecalus viridis No Common Name |
 | Photo by: E. Redick
Carteret Co.
Comment: |  | Photo by: E. Redick
Carteret Co.
Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/222048046 |
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