Ringspot Leafhopper

Crown more than twice as wide between eyes at base as median length, depressed just behind anterior margin. Generally pale brown with dark spots. - DeLong & Freytag, 1976 Males are more heavily marked with brown to black spots than paler females. This species has been a source of confusion for some time. For years it was placed under the name Negosiana miliaris on BugGuide and sister sites due to process of elimination and incorrect occurrence and range records. Eventually we found that what we were previously calling Negosiana miliaris was likely the species Curtara insularis -a Caribbean species first officially reported in Florida in 2004 (decades of prior collecting not turning up any individuals) [the first BugGuide record is also from 2004]. This widespread species (which likely ranges to Argentina) has since spread throughout the eastern United States and into northern Mexico (if our assessment of its identity is correct). Specimens still need to be collected and analysed throughout its range, but it is almost certainly this species.