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This species is generally topaz in color. The crown is white, with a dark brown apically interrupted and medially reflexed anterior marginal line. There is a brown to mandarin-orange pattern between the anterior eye margins, which fades posteriorly and with a brown medial anteriorly produced area. The eyes are brown, and the face is brown with two complete and several incomplete dark brown lines below the crown margin. The pronotum is brown with a central cruciate mark and the posterior half white, with the lateral margin having a brown to black spot. The wings are apricot yellow with dark brown and white opalescent spots or areas. The coxae are dark brown, the legs white to yellowish-white with black spots at the base of each lateral setae and brown at the base of the first tarsal segment and most of the second tarsal segment. The abdominal tera are dark brown dorsally, pale yellow laterally, and the ventral part is pale yellow anteriorly and brown posteriorly. The sterna are dark brown with some lighter areas, and the seventh sternum is white with a dark brown medial area, anteriorly and posteriorly. The pygofer is brown anteriorly and lighter posteriorly; the ovipositor is a golden yellow. Male subgenital plates have large medial and marginal setae. The female pregenital sternite is usually much produced posteriorly. Males are 5.2 mm long while females are 6.0 mm. (Barnett 1976) |
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Southern United States, from Texas to North Carolina (3I) |
| abundance |
Noted for the state, but unclear where (3I) |
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[Native:]
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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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Scaphoideini |
| subgenus |
Scaphoideus |
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