Numbers
8 species in North America
Identification
body slender, elongate, variably light greenish to grayish to reddish-brown; forewings parallel-sided, at least 3 times longer than wide, and with dark markings at lateral tip of corium and lateral tip of cuneus; pronotum tapered, lateral margins slightly concave, posterior margin as wide as abdomen and at least 2 times wider than anterior margin of pronotum, which is same width as head; antennae as long as or slightly shorter than length of forewing, each antennal segment with pale ring (annulus) at joint; eyes positioned laterally, bulging beyond sides of head; distance between eyes as great or greater than width of eye; black spot often present on top of head between eyes
Range
most of United States and southern Canada
Food
various plants; D. agilis and D. famelicus feed on raspberry (Rubus spp.)
Internet References
pinned adult image of
D. famelicus (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)
Live and pinned images of adults and nymphs of
D. pallicornis provided by Danmarks Blomstertæger.
Live adult images of
D. pallicornis provided by British Bugs.
hosts and seasonality; PDF doc of 3 species in West Virginia (A.G. Wheeler
et al, American Museum of Natural History)
habitat, host, distribution; PDF doc of
D. agilis (Hakan Lindberg, American Museum of Natural History)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 2 February, 2007 - 7:17am
Additional contributions by
onegunahLast updated 13 September, 2009 - 12:18am
