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5013047 leafhopper - Phylloscelis atra
Copyright © 2005 Rob Curtis

5013047 leafhopper - Phylloscelis atra
nr. Petersburg, Illinois, USA
August 28, 2005
Size: ~3/16"
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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 1 September, 2005 - 12:19am
Last updated 1 September, 2005 - 6:47pm

Phylloscelis atra
This planthopper is the orange-stiped variety, which mimics a distasteful beetle, Cryptocephalus sp.
… Andy Hamilton, 1 September, 2005 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much Andy. This
Thanks very much Andy. This was very different from others I have encountered. Without glasses, I thought it was a Pentatomid till the first one disappeared in a jump.
… Rob Curtis, 1 September, 2005 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

 
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from ID Request to new species page. Maybe the "variety" that Andy referred to is the subspecies P. atra albovenosa mentioned on the species page? - I'm not sure.
… Robin McLeod, 1 September, 2005 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
"P. atra albovenosa"
"Subspecies" are geographic segregates of a species that hybridize wherever they come in contact with each other. Since the variety "albovenosa" is found together with the black form "atra" throughout the range of the species, these are variants of the same species, NOT subspecies.
… Andy Hamilton, 2 September, 2005 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for clarifying
On the species page, I've re-written it as Phylloscelis atra [var. albovenosa] instead of italicizing all three words.
… Robin McLeod, 3 September, 2005 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

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