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Leafhopper nymph - Planicephalus
Copyright © 2009 Dann Thombs

Leafhopper nymph - Planicephalus
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
August 5, 2009
A Deltocephalus flavocostatus nymph perhaps. Helochara communis was the only other species that was abundant in the area, and that is obviously not the one. Some unidentified nymphs in the Deltocephalus genus do look close. Out of the hundreds of hoppers that swarmed that area of my lawn, only two adults made up that number.
Contributed by Dann Thombs on 6 August, 2009 - 3:01pm
Last updated 27 June, 2022 - 1:34pm

Moved
Moved from Planicephalus flavocostatus.
… Solomon Hendrix, 27 June, 2022 - 1:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Dann Thombs, 17 August, 2009 - 12:46pm

Thanks!
I suspected this association, but the only nymph I had associated with Deltocephalus flavocostatus was all brown ... probably another species mixed in with the adults.
… Andy Hamilton, 11 August, 2009 - 2:44pm

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