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Telamona compacta - No Common Name


© Ted Wilcox- dark male
© Ted Wilcox- dark male
Taxonomy
Family: MEMBRACIDAESubfamily: SmiliinaeTribe: Telamonini
Taxonomic Author: Ball, 1903
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: The pronotum is a shiny, glossy reddish-brown color in females (darkening to blackish/black in males), frequently irregularly mottled with white spots; these white markings are emphasized around the base and posterior face of the crest, and along the pale band transversing the pronotum posterior to the crest. The pronotum is low with a short, blunt apex as seen from above. The crest is low and quadrangular, longer than high and set well back, and it is thick and inflated on the anterior and posterior sides. Males have lower crests than the females. Adult females are 7.5 mm long with a width of 4 mm and a height of 4 mm. (Kopp & Yonke, 1974)

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Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Uncommon, found in the eastern United States and Canada, as far west as Colorado (Deitz & Wallace, 2012)
Abundance: Rare, a single recent record from the mountains.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Woodlands, where oak occurs
Plant Associates: White oak (Quercus alba), scrub oak (Q. ilicifolia), bur oak (Q. macrocarpa), pin oak (Q. palustris), northern red oak (Q. rubra), black oak (Q. velutina)
Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment:
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Telamona compacta No Common Name

Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_treehopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: unid_treehopper		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
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Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: State record		Photo by: Ted Wilcox
Watauga Co.
Comment: State record