Balcanocerus fitchi

Balcanocerus fitchi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Genus:	Balcanocerus
Species:	B. fitchi
Binomial name
Balcanocerus fitchi (Van Duzee, 1909)

Balcanocerus fitchi is a species of typical leafhoppers.

Description

Balcanocerus fitchi has white and black on the costa, or edge, of the wing, and white lines hooking inwards from the connection of the wings. The top of the head, or the vertex, is yellow with two large black spots. The thorax is orange, yellow, or brown with large spots of yellow-brown and dark brown spots along the anterior margin. In some specimens there is a yellow midline. They are 5.4–6.2 mm (0.21–0.24 in) long.

Balcanocerus fitchi

Range & habitat

Balcanocerus fitchi is often found in open forest in the north eastern parts of the United States, and south eastern parts of Canada.

Diet

Balcanocerus fitchi will mostly eat from hawthorn and crab apple trees.

Sexual dimorphism

In males, the subgenital plates of Balcanocerus fitchi are long, narrow and rounded at the apex. The female pregenital plate has an evenly produced posterior margin, without a median notch. Adult males are 5.4–5.8 mm (0.21–0.23 in) long while females are longer at 5.7–6.2 mm (0.22–0.24 in).