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Acutalis tartarea
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Copyright © 2005
Rattlebox Photography
Acutalis on Phytolacca americana -
Acutalis tartarea
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
August 23, 2005
Size: 3 mm
A pair of Acutalis semicrema chewing holes in a pokeweed leaf. The pokeweeds here are currently infested with large numbers of these tiny treehoppers.
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Contributed by
Rattlebox Photography
on 24 August, 2005 - 10:00am
Last updated 3 April, 2017 - 1:28pm
Moved
Moved from
Acutalis semicrema
.
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v belov
, 3 April, 2017 - 1:28pm
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A. tartarea
"According to the last few catalogues, Acutalis semicrema is one of several junior synonyms of A. tartarea." M. Rothschild
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Kyle Kittelberger
, 3 April, 2017 - 1:27pm
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Acutalis semicrema
This is a smaller species than A. brunnea, and occurs only along the Gulf coast.
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Andy Hamilton
, 25 August, 2005 - 10:01am
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reported to be color morph of A. tartarea?
This reference:
Tsai, James H. and Dennis D. Kopp. Life History, Morphology, and Taxonomy of Acutalis tartarea (Say) (Homoptera: Membracidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society Vol. 88, No. 3 (Sep., 1980), pp. 174-185 (
abstract
).
states that
Acutalis semicrema
is a color morph of A. tartarea, but Andy likely has more up-to-date information. Comments?
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Cotinis
, 18 February, 2011 - 8:13am
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Thanks for the correction. T
Thanks for the correction. There isn't a node for semicrema as of yet; do you have the authority here to create one? If not, what's the procedure for getting this moved to the right place?
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Rattlebox Photography
, 25 August, 2005 - 10:08am
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additional correction
Bugs do not "chew holes" in leaves; their sucking mouthparts are like soda straws, and they leave little observable damage except discoloration around the feeding site.
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Andy Hamilton
, 30 August, 2005 - 9:09am
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Done for you
- nice shot! I guess the procedure is what you did - ask for help and wait for someone to respond!
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Hannah Nendick-Mason
, 25 August, 2005 - 3:34pm
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