Norvellina seminuda (Norvellina seminuda)

Norvellina seminuda Attracted to a porch light. Host plants in area include American Plum (Prunus americana) and Pin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica). Athysanini,Auchenorrhyncha,Cicadellidae,Deltocephalinae,Geotagged,Hemiptera,Norvellina,Norvellina seminuda,Platymetopiina,Summer,United States,insect,leafhopper

Appearance

Length: 4-5 mm. Similar to N. novica, but wings shorter. The brown band varies in exact shape, but is always at least as wide as the white space between it and the tip of the scutellum. In N. novica it is narrower than that space, in part due to the longer wings

Norvellina seminuda At a 365nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge.
Geotagged,Norvellina seminuda,Summer,United States

Naming

Jassus seminudus Say, 1830b:307
Jassus semindus Harris, 1835
Bythoscopus seminudus Fitch, 1851
Thamnotettix seminudus Uhler, 1884
Athysanus seminudus Van Duzee, 1890
Eutettix seminudus Van Duzee, 1892
Eutettix seminuda Van Duzee, 1894
Eutettix (Eutettix) seminuda Ball, 1907
Norvellina seminuda Ball, 1931
Eutettix semindus Walker, 1936
Norvellina seminudus DeLong & Caldwell, 1937

Distribution

Eastern US.

Uses

One of several leafhoppers that transmit X-Disease in stone fruits such as peaches.

References:

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https://www.americaninsects.net/h/norvellina-seminuda.html
https://bugguide.net/node/view/70067
http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/taxahelp.asp?hc=5434&key=Delt&lng=En
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_X_Disease

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadellidae
Genus	Norvellina
Species	Norvellina seminuda

Photographed in
United States of America