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Mystery cicadellid - Limotettix elegans - female

Mystery cicadellid - Limotettix elegans - Female
Katy Prairie, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 28, 2019
Thought I had posted this one, but if so, I can't find it.

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Mystery cicadellid - Limotettix elegans - female dorsal - Limotettix elegans - female ventral - Limotettix elegans - female

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers.

Limotettix (Dryola) elegans
Nice find! This is a pretty rare prairie-associated species. It feeds on Eleocharis.

 
Here is a nymph
Same species?

 
Nymph
I haven't seen a nymph before, but this looks like a good candidate.

 
Thanks, Joel!
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