Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers
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28 species for Rowan County

GroupfamilysciNamecomName
2 SpittlebugsCERCOPIDAEProsapia bicinctaTwo-lined Spittlebug
APHROPHORIDAELepyronia anguliferaAngular Spittlebug
2 Tube SpittlebugsCLASTOPTERIDAEClastoptera obtusaAlder Spittlebug
Clastoptera xanthocephalaSunflower Spittlebug
16 LeafhoppersCICADELLIDAEDraeculacephala robinsoni
Graphocephala coccineaRed-banded Leafhopper
Homalodisca insolitaJohnsongrass Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennisGlassy-winged Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbonaBroad-headed Sharpshooter
Paraulacizes irrorataSpeckled Sharpshooter
Sibovia occatoriaYellow-striped Leafhopper
Xyphon flavicepsYellow-headed Leafhopper
Excultanus excultus
Fieberiella floriiPrivet Leafhopper
Graminella villica
Erasmoneura vulnerata
Eratoneura ardens
Hymetta balteata
Hymetta kansasensis
Polana celata
3 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAEPlatycotis vittataOak Treehopper
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Telamona monticola
2 Acanaloniid PlanthoppersACANALONIIDAEAcanalonia bivittataTwo-striped Planthopper
Acanalonia conica
1 Piglet BugsCALISCELIDAEBruchomorpha oculata
2 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEFlatormenis proximaNorthern Flatid Planthopper
Ormenoides venusta