Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers
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27 species for Rutherford County

GroupfamilysciNamecomName
2 SpittlebugsCERCOPIDAEProsapia bicinctaTwo-lined Spittlebug
APHROPHORIDAELepyronia quadrangularisDiamondback Spittlebug
11 LeafhoppersCICADELLIDAEDraeculacephala robinsoni
Graphocephala fennahiRhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala versutaVersute Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbonaBroad-headed Sharpshooter
Chlorotettix viridius
Scaphytopius frontalisYellowfaced Leafhopper
Sorhoanus orientalis
Neocoelidia tuberculata
Erythroneura diva
Illinigina illinoiensisIllinois Grape Leafhopper
CicadellidaeGyponana gladia
10 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAEEnchenopa latipesWidefooted Treehopper, Eastern Thornhopper
Acutalis tartarea
Cyrtolobus inermis
Micrutalis calvaHoneylocust Treehopper
Ophiderma flavicephala
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Stictocephala brevitylus
Stictocephala dicerosTwo-horned Treehopper
Stictocephala militaris
Xantholobus muticus
1 Acanaloniid PlanthoppersACANALONIIDAEAcanalonia bivittataTwo-striped Planthopper
1 Delphacid PlanthoppersDELPHACIDAELiburniella ornataOrnate Planthopper
1 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEFlatormenis proximaNorthern Flatid Planthopper
1 Issid PlanthoppersISSIDAEThionia bullata