{"id":14310,"date":"2016-04-13T18:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T01:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=14310"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:44:47","slug":"okanagana-viridis-davis-1918-aka-cotton-green-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/okanagana-viridis-davis-1918-aka-cotton-green-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Okanagana viridis Davis, 1918 aka Cotton Green Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okanagana viridis Davis, 1918<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image4-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"Okanagana viridis photo by Coleman Cobbs\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image4-rotated.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image4-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>Okanagana viridis photo by Coleman Cobbs.<\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Call<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14310-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/09.US_.MS_.MIL_.01.Okanagana_viridis_fragment_filtered.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/09.US_.MS_.MIL_.01.Okanagana_viridis_fragment_filtered.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/09.US_.MS_.MIL_.01.Okanagana_viridis_fragment_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;<a href=\"http:\/\/insectsingers.com\/\">Insect Singers<\/a><\/strong> | Species: <strong>O. viridis<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Name, Location and Description<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"speciesinfo\">\n<li><strong>Cicada Name:<\/strong> Okanagana viridis Davis, 1918<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short Name:<\/strong> O. viridis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Cotton Green Cicada<\/li>\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> June-July<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where it is found:<\/strong> AR, LA, MS, TX<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maps:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/downloads\/diversity-05-00166.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/a> [PDF]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description:<\/strong> Green<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eye Color:<\/strong> n\/a<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronotal Collar Color:<\/strong> n\/a<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/415577\" >Bug Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/550146-Okanagana-viridis\" >iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taxonomic Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=847370\" >Integrated Taxonomic Information System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Song:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectsingers.com\/100th_meridian_cicadas\/index.html\" >Insect Singers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>From Davis&#8217; key to Okanagana<sup>1<\/sup>:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\nA. Male uncus not hooked at the extremity, sometimes sinuate. <\/p>\n<p>B. Expanse of fore wings more than 50 mm. <\/p>\n<p>CC. Base of the fore and hind wings not of the usual orange-red variegated with black. <\/p>\n<p>Body and wing venation nearly entirely green; basal cell of fore wings clear. Expands 65 mm.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Classification:<\/h2>\n<p>Family: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadettinae<br \/>\nTribe: Tibicinini<br \/>\nSubtribe: Tibicinina<br \/>\nGenus: Okanagana<br \/>\nSpecies: <em>Okanagana viridis<\/em> Davis, 1918<\/p>\n<h2>List of sources<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Davis, William T. Cicadas of the genera Okanagana, Tibicinoides and Okanagodes, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. v27. 179-223. 1919. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/part\/34193\">Link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov<\/li>\n<li>Common names: BugGuide.net; <em>The Songs of Insects<\/em> by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.<\/li>\n<li>Locations: <em>Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/em> by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.<\/li>\n<li>Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>More Okanagana viridis photos by Coleman Cobbs:<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image5-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"Okanagana viridis photo by Coleman Cobbs\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image5-rotated.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image5-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image6-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"Okanagana viridis photo by Coleman Cobbs\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image6-rotated.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image6-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image7-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"Okanagana viridis photo by Coleman Cobbs\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image7-rotated.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/image7-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Notes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okanagana viridis Davis, 1918 Okanagana viridis photo by Coleman Cobbs. Song type: Call Source: &copy;Insect Singers | Species: O. viridis Name, Location and Description Cicada Name: Okanagana viridis Davis, 1918 Short Name: O. viridis Common Name: Cotton Green Cicada When: June-July Where it is found: AR, LA, MS, TX Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,1066,9,633,174,187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sounds","category-coleman-cobbs","category-okanagana","category-tibicinini","category-united-states","category-william-t-davis-researchers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}