Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers
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70 species for Henderson County

GroupfamilysciNamecomName
3 SpittlebugsCERCOPIDAEProsapia bicinctaTwo-lined Spittlebug
APHROPHORIDAEAphrophora quadrinotataFour-spotted Spittlebug
Lepyronia quadrangularisDiamondback Spittlebug
1 Tube SpittlebugsCLASTOPTERIDAEClastoptera obtusaAlder Spittlebug
35 LeafhoppersCICADELLIDAEAgallia constrictaConstricted Leafhopper
Draeculacephala robinsoni
Graphocephala coccineaRed-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala versutaVersute Sharpshooter
Homalodisca insolitaJohnsongrass Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbonaBroad-headed Sharpshooter
Paraulacizes irrorataSpeckled Sharpshooter
Tylozygus bifidus
Tylozygus geometricus
Xyphon flavicepsYellow-headed Leafhopper
Atanus perspicillatus
Balclutha abdominalis
Balclutha neglecta
Chlorotettix galbanatus
Exitianus exitiosusGray Lawn Leafhopper
Graminella fitchii
Idiodonus kennicotti
Macrosteles quadrilineatusAster Leafhopper
Macrosteles slossoni
Orientus ishidaeJapanese Leafhopper
Osbornellus auronitens
Paraphlepsius irroratusBespeckled Leafhopper
CicadellidaePenthimia americana
CICADELLIDAEPlanicephalus flavocostatus
Scaphoideus ochraceus
Scaphytopius acutusSharp-nosed Leafhopper
Scaphytopius frontalisYellowfaced Leafhopper
Jikradia olitoria
Macropsis viridis
Empoa gillettei
Empoasca fabaePotato Leafhopper
Gyponana octolineata
Gyponana striata
Ponana aenea
Ponana pectoralis
13 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAEPlatycotis vittataOak Treehopper
Acutalis tartarea
Archasia belfragei
Carynota marmorataMarbled Treehopper
Cyrtolobus vau
Entylia carinata
Publilia concava
Publilia reticulata
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Stictocephala brevitylus
Stictocephala militaris
Telamona decorata
Telamona westcotti
2 Acanaloniid PlanthoppersACANALONIIDAEAcanalonia bivittataTwo-striped Planthopper
Acanalonia conica
1 Piglet BugsCALISCELIDAEBruchomorpha oculata
7 Delphacid PlanthoppersDELPHACIDAEChionomus puellus
Isodelphax basivitta
Liburniella ornataOrnate Planthopper
Muellerianella laminalis
Pissonotus binotatus
Stenocranus dorsalis
Stenocranus lautus
1 Derbid PlanthoppersDERBIDAECedusa mallochi
1 Dictypharid PlanthoppersDICTYOPHARIDAEScolops sulcipesPartridge Bug
3 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEFlatormenis proximaNorthern Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosaCitrus Flatid Planthopper
Ormenoides venusta
1 Fulgorid PlanthoppersFULGORIDAELycorma delicatulaSpotted Lanternfly
2 Issid PlanthoppersISSIDAEThionia bullata
Thionia elliptica