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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Macrostelini » Macrosteles » Macrosteles lepidus
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Aster Leafhopper? - Macrosteles lepidus
Copyright © 2011 Judy Gallagher

Aster Leafhopper? - Macrosteles lepidus
Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
July 14, 2011
Size: small
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Contributed by Judy Gallagher on 30 November, 2011 - 3:07pm
Last updated 2 December, 2011 - 9:39am

nice... new sp. for the guide --thanx folks
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… v belov, 2 December, 2011 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Macrosteles looks right. Not sure about the species, though. It almost looks more like this one:



Dr. Hamilton will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 November, 2011 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Macrosteles lepidus
Good call, but this species has shorter wings.
… Andy Hamilton, 2 December, 2011 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It does look like the picture you provided. Thanks!
… Judy Gallagher, 30 November, 2011 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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