Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers
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39 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
13 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
Orientus ishidaeJapanese Leafhopper
Stirellus bicolor
Jikradia olitoria
Empoasca fabaePotato Leafhopper
11 TreehoppersMEMBRACIDAEPlatycotis vittataOak Treehopper
Acutalis tartarea
Atymna querci
Cyrtolobus fenestratus
Entylia carinata
Spissistilus festinusThree-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Stictocephala lutea
Telamona concava
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
1 Dictypharid PlanthoppersDICTYOPHARIDAEScolops sulcipesPartridge Bug
3 Flatid PlanthoppersFLATIDAEFlatormenis proximaNorthern Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosaCitrus Flatid Planthopper
Ormenoides venusta
1 Issid PlanthoppersISSIDAEThionia quinquata