| 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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| 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. |
