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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) » Microleafhoppers (Typhlocybinae) » Erythroneurini » Hymetta » Hymetta anthisma
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Hymetta balteata ??? - Hymetta anthisma
Copyright © 2008 WonGun Kim

Hymetta balteata ??? - Hymetta anthisma
Vienna, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
November 8, 2008
Cute leafhopper...

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 8 November, 2008 - 2:47pm
Last updated 3 July, 2013 - 5:24am

Moved
Moved from Hymetta based on this forum post.
… Ron M., 27 November, 2008 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Hymetta distincta
Described from KS; probably introduced with grapes from the west. This species has a wider, darker band across the wings than in H. balteata, and the faint stripe at the wing tip is transverse rather than oblique.
… Andy Hamilton, 13 November, 2008 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
distincta or anthisma?
Based on your ID of this image

and a little online investigation, I believe you meant H. anthisma, color form distincta, so I've changed the name in the guide. Please let us know if that was incorrect.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 February, 2009 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Not easy...
Before I requested the guide page, I had asked about the name of this species with Dr. Hamilton, related to the syn. of distincta to anthisma.

I think it is better to create a separate guide page for anthisma at the current stage.
… WonGun Kim, 3 February, 2009 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

 
I emailed Dr. Hamilton yesterday...
...and asked: "Is there a species called Hymetta distincta, or is that just a form of H. anthisma?" He responded: "A recent treatment recognizes it as just a color form." So placing distincta within anthisma seems to be the way to go.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 February, 2009 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

 
Yep! Thank you!
I see...
… WonGun Kim, 4 February, 2009 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Dr. Hamilton!
Two species are very similar...
I hope someone makes a new guide page for this species.
… WonGun Kim, 13 November, 2008 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

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