New species additions to North Carolina and the Hoppers of NC website. |
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Comment 1 |
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no common name | Oncopsis truncatus | This Macropsine leafhopper was first detected in the state from Forsyth county in the Piedmont, on its host plant, on May 3, 2024. |
no common name | Texananus rufusculus | This large and poorly known leafhopper was photographed in the state for the first time from Wake county on July 24, 2024. |
no common name | Haplaxius ovatus | This Cixiid planthopper was first detected in the state from Wake county on July 24, 2024. |
no common name | Streptanus aemulans | This introduced species was first detected in the state from Avery county in the mountains on August 13, 2024. |
no common name | Dorydiella floridana | This uncommon Deltocephaline leafhopper was first found in the state on June 22, 2024 in Cumberland county. |
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. |