Hoppers of North Carolina

New species additions to North Carolina and the Hoppers of NC website.
Common Name	Scientific Name	Comment 1
no common name	Paramesus major	This introduced leafhopper was first detected in the state on the Coastal Plain on May 24, 2024.
Undescribed Enchenopa on Hickory	Enchenopa on-carya	This undescribed species that feeds on hickory was first recorded in the state from the Sandhills on June 3, 2023.
Two-marked Treehopper	Enchenopa binotata	The parent species for the binotata species complex was officially recorded in the state, based on host association, in the mountains on April 27, 2024.
no common name	Stictolobus borealis	A long overdue species for the state, this Membracid was first detected in NC on August 25, 2023 from Orange county in the Piedmont.
no common name	Erythridula fumida	This Typhlocybine species was first detected in the state on August 23, 2023 from Buncombe county in the mountains. These are the first records of the species from southern Appalachia.
Undescribed Enchenopa on Silverbell	Enchenopa on-halesia	This undescribed taxon was first detected in the state on July 25, 2023 in Haywood county in the mountains.
no common name	Telamona compacta	This membracid was recorded for the first time in the state on July 4, 2023 in Watauga county in the mountains.
no common name	Colladonus furculatus	This cryptic species was first detected in the state on September 23, 2017 from Orange county in the Piedmont.
no common name	Colladonus collaris	This cryptic species was found for the first time in the state on July 3, 2023 in the southern mountains.
no common name	Kyboasca atrolabes	This Empoascine hopper was recorded for the first time from Watauga county in the mountains on June 25, 2023.
no common name	Kyboasca pergandei	This Empoascine hopper was recorded for the first time in the state from Transylvania county in the mountains, on September 4, 2019.
Undescribed Enchenopa on Tulip Poplar	Enchenopa on-liriodendron-tulipifera	This undescribed treehopper was recorded for the first time on its host plant in the state from the Piedmont on June 6, 2023.
no common name	Erythroneura kanwakae	This microhopper was first recorded in the state in Buncombe county in the mountains on March 23, 2023.
no common name	Xestocephalus piceus	This leafhopper was photographed in Forsyth county in the Piedmont on July 24, 2022.
no common name	Xestocephalus provancheri	This leafhopper was identified from a specimen collected from Jones county on May 21, 2019.
Undescribed Enchenopa on Prunus	Enchenopa on-prunus	This undescribed treehopper was recorded for the first time on its host plant in the state from the mountains on June 12, 2022.
Basswood Treehopper	Telamona tiliae	This treehopper is now officially added to the state list after multiple sightings beginning last summer in 2022 from Buncombe county.
no common name	Deltanus bicolor	This poorly known species is added to the state list based on an older record from New Hanover county on May 12, 2019.
no common name	Hebetica sylviae	The recently described treehopper Hebetica sylviae was recorded for the first time in the state on July 9, 2022. This is also the first time that the subfamily Darninae has been recorded in the state.
no common name	Daltonia estacadus	The Deltocephaline hopper Daltonia estacadus was recorded for the first time in North Carolina from the Piedmont on July 7, 2022.
no common name	Eratoneura ligata	This species was first recorded in the state from the Piedmont on June 25, 2022.
no common name	Erasmoneura nigra	The Typhlocybine hopper Erasmoneura nigra was confirmed to occur in the state on June 29, 2022 from the Piedmont, where it was found on one of its main host plants, American Jumpseed.
no common name	Empoa vestita	The Typhlocybine hopper Empoa vestita was recorded for the first time in the state on June 12, 2022 from Forsyth county.
no common name	Erythridula divisa	The Typhlocybine hopper Erythridula divisa was recorded for the first time in the state on June 25 from the Piedmont, where it was found on its host plant Black Walnut.
no common name	Dikrella hamar	The Typhlocybine hopper Dikrella hamar has been added to the state list and website. This species was first photographed in the state in August 2020 but the identity was not confirmed until another was photographed in June 2022.
no common name	Empoa aureotecta	The Typhlocybine hopper Empoa aureotecta has been added to the site. There is an old undated collection record from Transylvation county, and on June 11, 2022 this species was recorded in high numbers in Buncombe county.
no common name	Empoa scripta	On 6/11/22, the Typhlocybine hopper Empoa scripta was recorded for the first time in the state from Buncombe county.
no common name	Dikrella cruentata	On 4/6/2022, the Typhlocybine hopper Dikrella cruentata was recorded for the first time in the state from Guildford county.
no common name	Alebra rubrafrons	On 6/1/22, the Typhlocybine hopper Alebra rubrafrons was recorded in the state for the first time from Mecklenburg county.
no common name	Haplaxius fulvus	On 5/28/22, the Cixiid planthopper Haplaxius fulvus was documented for the first time in North Carolina in Guildford county. Several days later it was also documented in Mecklenburg county.