Life Cycle of Gyponana - Day 34 - Gyponana

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Iassinae » Gyponini » Gyponana » subgenus Gyponana (Gyponana subgenus Gyponana) » nymphs (Gyponana nymphs)

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Life Cycle of Gyponana - Day 34 - Gyponana

Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
July 1, 2008
Size: 9mm

Life cycle series for Gyponana. I believe this is now a full adult (but I'd like confirmation.) Is there anything I can look for to pinpoint a species? Or will it never get past being ID'd as Gyponana sp.? I'd like to release it. I encountered an exoskeleton on the same shrub where I collected the twig with oviposited eggs and it was the same size as this freshly shed one from the bug I've been raising, so I'm confident it's development is right on schedule. Quite a remarkable difference in appearance from Day 31 to Day 34.

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Obvious signs of hatching - note lowest slit 5-24-2008 - Gyponana

Gyponana nymph, probably less than 2 days old - Gyponana

Life Cycle of Gyponana - Day 34 - Gyponana

Gyponana nymph and instar exoskeletons - Gyponana

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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 1 July, 2008 - 8:02pm
Last updated 12 October, 2017 - 4:13pm

Moved

Moved from Gyponana.

… Kyle Kittelberger, 12 October, 2017 - 4:13pm

Moved

Moved from Gyponinae.

… Charley Eiseman, 15 March, 2009 - 2:23pm

Nice work Nancy!

I haven't come across any mention of leafhoppers ovipositing in woody vegetation. Good to know!

… Charley Eiseman, 12 August, 2008 - 2:56pm

Gyponana

You need to see the venation clearly, and also get an accurate length measurement - and even then, there may be many species like that one. The only certain way to identify it is catch it, and if it is a male (two little flaps at the tip of the abdomen, instead of a long ovipositor) then kill and dissect it.

… Andy Hamilton, 2 July, 2008 - 3:46pm

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