Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers
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42 species for Currituck County

GroupfamilysciNamecomName
2 SpittlebugsCERCOPIDAEProsapia bicinctaTwo-lined Spittlebug
APHROPHORIDAELepyronia quadrangularisDiamondback Spittlebug
1 Tube SpittlebugsCLASTOPTERIDAEClastoptera xanthocephalaSunflower Spittlebug
19 LeafhoppersCICADELLIDAECeratagallia agricolaAmerican Clover Leafhopper
Cuerna costalisLateral-lined Sharpshooter
Draeculacephala balli
Graphocephala coccineaRed-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala versutaVersute Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennisGlassy-winged Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbonaBroad-headed Sharpshooter
Paraulacizes irrorataSpeckled Sharpshooter
Xyphon flavicepsYellow-headed Leafhopper
Excultanus excultus
Exitianus exitiosusGray Lawn Leafhopper
Graminella nigrifronsBlack-faced Leafhopper
Japananus hyalinusJapanese Maple Leafhopper
Memnonia flavida
Scaphytopius elegans
Scaphytopius frontalisYellowfaced Leafhopper
Jikradia olitoriaCoppery Leafhopper
Sophonia orientalisTwo-spotted Leafhopper
Xerophloea viridis
7 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAECarynota mera
Cyrtolobus pallidifrontis
Cyrtolobus rufulus
Entylia carinata
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Stictocephala brevitylus
Microcentrus perditus
2 Acanaloniid PlanthoppersACANALONIIDAEAcanalonia conica
Acanalonia servillei
1 Piglet BugsCALISCELIDAEAphelonema simplex
2 Cixiid PlanthoppersCIXIIDAEBothriocera cognita
Xenoliarus placitus
4 Delphacid PlanthoppersDELPHACIDAELiburniella ornataOrnate Planthopper
Peregrinus maidisCorn Delphacid
Pissonotus binotatus
Sogatella kolophon
2 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEMetcalfa pruinosaCitrus Flatid Planthopper
Ormenoides venusta
2 Fulgorid PlanthoppersFULGORIDAECyrpoptus belfragei
Lycorma delicatulaSpotted Lanternfly