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Pediopsoides distinctus - No Common Name


© Kyle Kittelberger- female
© Kyle Kittelberger- female
© Kyle Kittelberger- male
© Ted Wilcox- dark male
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: EurymelinaeTribe: MacropsiniSubgenus: Nanopsis
Taxonomic Author: (Van Duzee, 1890)
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: A distinctively colored species. Males are yellowish, with the face, head, legs, and pronotum yellow; there is fuscous speckled across the pronotum and scutellum. In some dark individuals, almost the entire body is blackish brown. The wings are dark brown with a large pale spot near the apex of the wings, along the costa, and a smaller pale spot on the inner margin of the wings, in the middle. Females are greenish-yellow, with some fuscous spotting on the pronotum and scutellum. The hind leg can be bluish-green, contrasting with the yellowish front legs. The wings are not as dark as those of the male but have a similar pattern. Adult males are 3.8-4.4 mm long, while females are 4.2-4.7 mm. (Hamilton 1983) For more images of this species, see: BG.

Nymphs are greenish, flecked with fuscous spots all over the body, with a short head that sometimes has a transverse row of four black spots across the face. (Hamilton 1983)

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Eastern and Central North America
Abundance: Uncommon with several scattered records across the state, possibly more abundant in the state in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Has been found in grassy areas near mixed hardwood, cypress forest.
Plant Associates: Black walnut (Juglans nigra), butternut (Juglans cinerea); this is the only New-World member of Macropsini that is known to feed on walnut (Hamilton 1983).
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment: This genus can be differentiated from the other Macropsini in our region by the two large anteapical wing cells; in Oncopsis and Macropsis, there are three anteapical cells (Hamilton 1983).
Status: Native
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See also Habitat Account for Rich Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forests

Species Photo Gallery for Pediopsoides distinctus No Common Name

Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_leafhopper		Photo by: Rob Van Epps
Mecklenburg Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment:
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment:
Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: 		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Wake Co.
Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Wake Co.
Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Wake Co.
Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Wake Co.
Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Gates Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Gates Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Gates Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Gates Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Gates Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf
Gates Co.
Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest