Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers
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43 species for Union County

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4 SpittlebugsCERCOPIDAEProsapia bicinctaTwo-lined Spittlebug
APHROPHORIDAEAphrophora cribrataPine Spittlebug
Aphrophora quadrinotataFour-spotted Spittlebug
Lepyronia quadrangularisDiamondback Spittlebug
1 Tube SpittlebugsCLASTOPTERIDAEClastoptera xanthocephalaSunflower Spittlebug
15 LeafhoppersCICADELLIDAECuerna costalisLateral-lined Sharpshooter
Draeculacephala balli
Graphocephala coccineaRed-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala versutaVersute Sharpshooter
Homalodisca vitripennisGlassy-winged Sharpshooter
Oncometopia orbonaBroad-headed Sharpshooter
Paraulacizes irrorataSpeckled Sharpshooter
Sibovia occatoriaYellow-striped Leafhopper
Colladonus clitellariusSaddled Leafhopper, Saddleback Leafhopper
Exitianus exitiosusGray Lawn Leafhopper
Orientus ishidaeJapanese Leafhopper
Stirellus bicolor
Jikradia olitoria
Empoasca fabaePotato Leafhopper
Sophonia orientalisTwo-spotted Leafhopper
12 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAEPlatycotis vittataOak Treehopper
Acutalis tartarea
Atymna querci
Cyrtolobus fenestratus
Entylia carinata
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Stictocephala lutea
Telamona concava
Telamona excelsa
Telamona maculata
Telamona westcotti
Vanduzea arquataBlack Locust Treehopper
3 Acanaloniid PlanthoppersACANALONIIDAEAcanalonia bivittataTwo-striped Planthopper
Acanalonia conica
Acanalonia servillei
1 Cixiid PlanthoppersCIXIIDAEMelanoliarus placitus
1 Derbid PlanthoppersDERBIDAEOtiocerus abbotii
2 Dictypharid PlanthoppersDICTYOPHARIDAERhynchomitra lingula
Scolops sulcipesPartridge Bug
3 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEFlatormenis proximaNorthern Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosaCitrus Flatid Planthopper
Ormenoides venusta
1 Issid PlanthoppersISSIDAEThionia quinquata