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

GroupfamilysciNamecomName
2 SpittlebugsCERCOPIDAEProsapia bicinctaTwo-lined Spittlebug
APHROPHORIDAELepyronia quadrangularisDiamondback Spittlebug
1 Tube SpittlebugsCLASTOPTERIDAEClastoptera xanthocephalaSunflower Spittlebug
17 LeafhoppersCICADELLIDAECeratagallia agricolaAmerican Clover Leafhopper
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
Graminella nigrifronsBlack-faced Leafhopper
Japananus hyalinusJapanese Maple Leafhopper
Memnonia flavida
Scaphytopius elegans
Scaphytopius frontalisYellowfaced Leafhopper
Jikradia olitoria
Sophonia orientalisTwo-spotted Leafhopper
Xerophloea viridis
6 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAECarynota mera
Cyrtolobus pallidifrontis
Entylia carinata
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Stictocephala brevitylus
Microcentrus perditus
2 Acanaloniid PlanthoppersACANALONIIDAEAcanalonia conica
Acanalonia servillei
1 Piglet BugsCALISCELIDAEAphelonema simplex
1 Cixiid PlanthoppersCIXIIDAEBothriocera cognita
4 Delphacid PlanthoppersDELPHACIDAELiburniella ornataOrnate Planthopper
Peregrinus maidisCorn Delphacid
Pissonotus binotatus
Sogatella kolophon
2 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEMetcalfa pruinosaCitrus Flatid Planthopper
Ormenoides venusta
1 Fulgorid PlanthoppersFULGORIDAELycorma delicatulaSpotted Lanternfly