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Empoasca? - Matsumurasca elongata
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Empoasca? - Matsumurasca elongata
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
January 11, 2007
Size: around 3.5mm
I found this very cold leafhopper during a windy period of the day. It was doing it's best to hang on.
It's thorax has similar markings to the Empoasca elongella that was recently identified, but the eyes are pale rather than reddish.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 13 January, 2007 - 7:55pm
Last updated 16 January, 2007 - 11:07am

Moved
Moved from Leafhoppers.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 16 January, 2007 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
Which is closer to the typical size?
7mm, or 3.5mm? I noticed both of these because I had just submitted one as well. I estimated mine to be 4mm, and it looked closer to this one than the one you estimated at 7mm.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 15 January, 2008 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Empoasca elongella
The color of the eyes varies from individual to individual. It may even be a response to light intensity ... the red that you see in some individuals is light-absorbing pigment, that may be obscured by changes in the eye in response to illumination.
… Andy Hamilton, 16 January, 2007 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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