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Cixiidae on Artemisia - Oeclidius
Copyright © 2015 James Bailey

Cixiidae on Artemisia - Oeclidius
Triunfo Creek Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA
July 23, 2015
Size: 4mm ish
A small one on Artemisia californica (sagebrush). The white tip to the abdomen was very obvious, however it does not seem to be colouration, rather some external attachment...

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Contributed by James Bailey on 23 July, 2015 - 7:35pm
Last updated 2 January, 2016 - 2:40pm

Moved
Moved from Cixiid Planthoppers.
… James Bailey, 12 August, 2015 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

not a cixiid
This one is a kinnarid, genus Oeclidius. Someone needs to move it where it belongs.
… Doug Yanega, 11 August, 2015 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Doug
It seems there are 3 options of the known species, fraternus, nanus/brickellus and transversus.

Andy Hamilton seems to suggest there are only 2 species with the dark wing spot and three thorax lines (fraternus and brickelii/us) at .

It doesn't look like that one IDed to fraternus, and the apical cells are less in quantity. So brickellii/us AKA nanus fits on the description, and also by process of elimination.

If the species really are monophagous I guess that helps.
… James Bailey, 12 August, 2015 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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