Bug FAQTelamona unicolor
Telamona unicolor · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Membracidae
Males are about 11 mm long and females about 12 mm long. It feeds on American chestnut (Castanea dentata).
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Males have a yellow-brown pronotum with a dark brown front crest. Females are generally green, with a pronotum edged in black or brown and a higher pronotal crest.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
Males measure roughly 11 mm, while females are about 12 mm long.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It uses American chestnut (Castanea dentata) as a host plant.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 17 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Ohio, Louisiana.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Questions people ask
What tree does Telamona unicolor feed on?
It feeds on the American chestnut (Castanea dentata).
Source: Wikipedia
How big are male and female Telamona unicolor?
Males are about 11 mm long and females about 12 mm long.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Membracidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telamona_excelsa
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.