Question 1

What is Idiocerus exilus?

Accepted Answer

Idiocerus exilus is a species in the family Cicadellidae, within the order Hemiptera.

Question 2

How big is Idiocerus exilus?

Accepted Answer

4.1-4.3mm

Question 3

How do you identify Idiocerus exilus?

Accepted Answer

Resembling catalinus in general appearance, but lighter in color, male antennal disc long, and with distinctly different genitalia. Vertex evenly rounded, nearly same length in middle as near eyes. Postclypeus longer than wide; anteclypeus longer than wide, nearly parallel margined. Male antennae with a long thin disc, and base also expanded and flattened ventrally. Forewing flaring, with a large appendix. Color. - Vertex of male yellow with two large black spots about their own width from eyes. Venex of female same as male except also monied with brown. Face of male yellow, with a bright yellow band down median line, a brown band through each gena, and antennal disc and basal expansion black. Face of female yellow mottled with brown. Pronotum yellow mottled with brown, with a few dark spots along anterior margin. Scutellum yellow with dark brown triangles. Forewing yellow with brown veins interrupted with yellow. Male genitalia. - Plate short, thin, wider near apex. Pygofer short with a bluntly rounded apex. Style narrowing to a nearly pointed apex, with several large combined spines near apex. Connective shaped like an inverted T, with a pointed ventral projection. Aedeagus small, with shaft narrowing to a flattened apex, gonopore at base of flattened area, a short process on each side of shaft just basal to gonapore; apodeme greatly enlarged at apex, with a dorsal expansion. Female genitalia. - Ovipositor short, extending about twice its own width beyond pygofer. Pygofer short, nearly rounded. Posterior margin of seventh sternum broadly rounded with a median emargination. This species has a remarkable disc-like expansion on the ventral side of the base of the male antennae and this alone will separate it from all others of the genus. (Freytag, 1965)

Question 4

Where is Idiocerus exilus found?

Accepted Answer

Range: Arizona (type locality: Chiricahua Mts)

Question 5

What does Idiocerus exilus eat?

Accepted Answer

The diet of the Idiocerus exilus includes white willow.

Idiocerus exilus

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Frequently Asked Questions About Idiocerus exilus

Feature	Description
Additional details	Resembling catalinus in general appearance, but lighter in color, male antennal disc long, and with distinctly different genitalia. Vertex evenly rounded, nearly same length in middle as near eyes. Postclypeus longer than wide; anteclypeus longer than wide, nearly parallel margined. Male antennae with a long thin disc, and base also expanded and flattened ventrally.
Forewing	Forewing flaring, with a large appendix. Color. - Vertex of male yellow with two large black spots about their own width from eyes. Venex of female same as male except also monied with brown. Face of male yellow, with a bright yellow band down median line, a brown band through each gena, and antennal disc and basal expansion black. Face of female yellow mottled with brown.
Pronotum	Pronotum yellow mottled with brown, with a few dark spots along anterior margin. Scutellum yellow with dark brown triangles.
Forewing	Forewing yellow with brown veins interrupted with yellow. Male genitalia. - Plate short, thin, wider near apex. Pygofer short with a bluntly rounded apex. Style narrowing to a nearly pointed apex, with several large combined spines near apex. Connective shaped like an inverted T, with a pointed ventral projection. Aedeagus small, with shaft narrowing to a flattened apex, gonopore at base of flattened area, a short process on each side of shaft just basal to gonapore; apodeme greatly enlarged at apex, with a dorsal expansion. Female genitalia. - Ovipositor short, extending about twice its own width beyond pygofer. Pygofer short, nearly rounded. Posterior margin of seventh sternum broadly rounded with a median emargination. This species has a remarkable disc-like expansion on the ventral side of the base of the male antennae and this alone will separate it from all others of the genus. (Freytag, 1965)