light brown leafhopper with dark wing veins

It may take some time to narrow down where to place this little fellow... but at least I'm relatively sure that this one is not just another color variation of meadow spittlebug..

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Colladonus geminatus looks visually similar and does occur in your state. Posted 3 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  It does look quite similar (how do you remember all of these...) so I would't be surprised if that is correct at very least to the genus. There appear to be a lot of species with no photos on BG though, so I probably should post it up over there to see if it might be an unrepresented one. I got a lot of photos from various angles of this one, so I should have some good images for them to ID if they can. Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Yes, definitely a good idea to post on BG, good chance of it being seen by a deep expert, which surely must be scarce for this niche.
    
    I definitely don't remember the species, it's just a search skill with visual matching, trying to narrow down options :) Posted 3 years ago
  2. 1. morpheme
      
      Lion
      
      Hmmm BugGuide hasn't ID'd it to species yet, but has placed it in Macropsini - different subfamily and tribe. Time to go dig... Posted 3 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Thanks for the update, quite possible to have multiple tribes/genuses with similar visual characteristics. Tricky! Posted 3 years ago

The Brambleberry leafhopper

M. fuscula is a greyish-yellow species in which the inner margin of the clavus is characteristically pale. In females, the majority of the forewing veins are pale apically but dark near the base; in males they are uniformly dark. The extent of the dark markings on the face, scutellum and pronotum is very variable.

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by morpheme