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Males are dark brown and are more or less pruinose, marked with a fuscous or black proepimeral streak as well as dark lateral triangles on the scutellum; the pleurites are usually fuscous to black. The wings have a whitish patch at the bases of the anteapical cells, and often have an additional pale patch in various locations on the clavus or at the base of discal cells; the tegminal veins are often pale. The color pattern of the females are distinctive: females are brown, marked with fuscous to ferruginous lateral triangles on the scutellum, have a black proepimeral streak, and usually most of the pleurites are fuscous to black. The wings are mottled in whitish and brown, with the clavi mostly pale and the coria each with three pale areas; the veins are often whitish. On both sexes, the hind tibia have 6-10 (and usually 7-8) macrosetae on the outer edge before the apex. Adult males are 3.9-4.5 mm long, while females are 4.2-4.8 mm. (Hamilton 1983)
The nymph is finely pubescent. It is brown, thickly spotted with fuscous and often marked with yellow bands across the posterior margins of thoracic and pregenital segments, and with most of the wing pads yellowish to greenish-yellow. |
| distribution |
Eastern and central North America, from northern Georgia north to Nova Scotia and west to central Colorado. (Hamilton 1983) |
| abundance |
Recorded from several counties in the mountains and Piedmont. |
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Woodlands |
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Various plums, including Prunus americana, P. angustifolia, P. hortulana, P. munsoniana, P. umbellata, P. pissardii, P. salicina, P. simonii, P. domestica, and P. nigra; also feeds on Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and Peach (P. persica). This species is known as a potential vector of peach yellows and little peach virus. (Hamilton 1983) |
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The male genitalia and color pattern of females are distinctive for this species. Darkly colored individuals, similar to those of M. insignis but with the pleura heavily infuscated, are common in the south of the range of this species (so here in North Carolina). (Hamilton 1983). |
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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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Guilford Co.
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Guilford Co.
Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper |  | Photo by: Scott Bolick
Guilford Co.
Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper |
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Guilford Co.
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Guilford Co.
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