Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Jikradia olitoria (and originally Jassus olitorius; described by Say in 1830)
New World species of
Coelidia were separated into a new genus (
Jikradia) by M.W. Nielson in 1979, but the erection of a new genus is considered unjustified in a comment
here by Andy Hamilton, who treats
Jikradia as a subgenus of
CoelidiaNumbers
one of two species in North America listed (under
Jikradia) at
nearctica.comIdentification
Adult: variably light brown to grayish or bluish, sometimes yellowish or brownish-yellow throughout
Females of the typical subspecies always have pale wing bands, while males are a chocolate to rusty brown without pale markings. But in the southern and Atlantic seaboard subspecies floridana, in which the wings are orange, females have the bands only faintly indicated if at all. -- Andy Hamilton, 24 December, 2007
see detailed technical description by Godoy and Nielson in Internet References section below
Range
eastern North America
subspecies C. olitoria olitoria occurs in eastern United States and southeastern Canada (QC, ON)
subspecies C. olitoria floridana occurs in southeastern United States
Remarks
C. olitoria olitoria is reported to be a vector of the disease, strawberry pallidosis in eastern United States
The form "borealis" is an intermediate form between the northern subspecies C. olitoria olitoria and southern subspecies, C. olitoria floridana, which is uniformly orange and shorter than the northern subspecies. [Andy Hamilton]
Internet References
live adult image (C.H. Dietrich, U. of Illinois)
pinned adult image (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
distribution of New World species and classification as
Jikradia (A review of the leafhopper genus
Jikradia with descriptions of four new species; Carolina Godoy [Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica] and M.W. Nielson [Brigham Young U., Utah])
list of world species of Coelidia plus synonyms and distribution (US Dept. of Agriculture)
