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

GroupfamilysciNamecomName
3 SpittlebugsCERCOPIDAEProsapia bicinctaTwo-lined Spittlebug
APHROPHORIDAELepyronia quadrangularisDiamondback Spittlebug
Philaenus spumariusMeadow Spittlebug
1 Tube SpittlebugsCLASTOPTERIDAEClastoptera xanthocephalaSunflower Spittlebug
34 LeafhoppersCICADELLIDAEAgallia constrictaConstricted Leafhopper
Agalliopsis novella
Cuerna costalisLateral-lined Sharpshooter
Draeculacephala antica
Draeculacephala robinsoni
Graphocephala coccineaRed-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahiRhododendron Leafhopper
CicadellidaeAmphigonalia gothica
CICADELLIDAEGraphocephala versutaVersute Sharpshooter
Homalodisca insolitaJohnsongrass Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbonaBroad-headed Sharpshooter
Paraulacizes irrorataSpeckled Sharpshooter
Sibovia occatoriaYellow-striped Leafhopper
Acinopterus acuminatus
Chlorotettix viridius
Excultanus excultus
Scaphytopius frontalisYellowfaced Leafhopper
Sorhoanus orientalis
Stirellus bicolor
Jikradia olitoria
Neocoelidia tuberculata
CicadellidaeOncopsis nigrinasi
CICADELLIDAEEratoneura era
Erythridula complex 2Erythridula aesculella or rubroscuta
Erythroneura aclys
Erythroneura bistrata
Erythroneura diva
Erythroneura fraxa
Erythroneura rubra
Erythroneura vitisGrapevine Leafhopper
Hymetta balteata
Hymetta trifasciata
Illinigina illinoiensisIllinois Grape Leafhopper
CicadellidaeGyponana gladia
13 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAEEnchenopa on-cercisUndescribed Enchenopa on Redbud
Enchenopa latipesWidefooted Treehopper, Eastern Thornhopper
Acutalis tartarea
Cyrtolobus inermis
Entylia carinata
Micrutalis calvaHoneylocust Treehopper
Ophiderma flavicephala
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Stictocephala brevitylus
Stictocephala dicerosTwo-horned Treehopper
Stictocephala militaris
Vanduzea arquataBlack Locust Treehopper
Xantholobus muticus
2 Acanaloniid PlanthoppersACANALONIIDAEAcanalonia bivittataTwo-striped Planthopper
Acanalonia conica
1 Piglet BugsCALISCELIDAEBruchomorpha tristis
1 Cixiid PlanthoppersCIXIIDAEBothriocera datuna
4 Delphacid PlanthoppersDELPHACIDAELiburniella ornataOrnate Planthopper
Pissonotus concolor
Pissonotus marginatus
Saccharosydne saccharivoraWest Indian Canefly
1 Derbid PlanthoppersDERBIDAEOtiocerus wolfii
4 Dictypharid PlanthoppersDICTYOPHARIDAENersia florida
Rhynchomitra microrhina
Rhynchomitra recurva
Scolops sulcipesPartridge Bug
2 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEFlatormenis proximaNorthern Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosaCitrus Flatid Planthopper
2 Issid PlanthoppersISSIDAEAplos simplex
Thionia bullata