Moved from Cicadettana calliope.

Moved from Cicadetta calliope.

Given locality (Iowa), it is likely this cicada is the "Common Grass Cicada", Melampsalta (Cicadetta) calliope or possibly even the "Plains Grass Cicada", Melampsalta (Cicadetta) kansa. Both species are thought to be variable in color: lime green, olive green, tan, pink-ish, and orange -ish (?)

There are several species in the Genus Cicadetta (Melampsalta). Several of these taxa have been confused with and/or once considered to be populations of C. calliope.

Cicadetta (Melampsalta) calliope (Walker 1850a)
Atlantic Coast, Southeast, Lower Mississippi River Valley northward into the southern parts of the Mid-West
(New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana - west into the eastern Plains & northward into the Upper Miss. Riv. & lower Mid-West incl. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, & Iowa)

Cicadetta (Melampsalta) camerona Davis 1920a
Southeastern Texas/South Texas
(*south into ne. Mexico)

Cicadetta (Melampsalta) floridensis Davis 1920a
(syn. Cicadetta calliope floridensis)
NOTE: C. calliope floridensis has a very different call from other pop's of C. calliope.
Peninsular Florida
(*Possibly across parts of the FL panhandle? northward into s. Georgia? & s. Alabama?..???)

Cicadetta (Melampsalta) kansa Davis 1919b
Most states of the "Great Plains"
n. Texas?, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota
(*Possibly east into the Upper Mississippi R. Valley & western parts of the Mid-West Prairie remnants, incl. Illinois, Iowa, & w. parts of Missouri...?)

Cicadetta (Melampsalta) texana Davis 1936a
Southern Plains - Texas grassland and wooded scrub habitats
(*Eastern & northern parts of range t.b.d. ?? - east into w. Louisiana ??)