Hoppers of North Carolina

Hoppers of North Carolina:
Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers, and Planthoppers

Family (Alpha):

ACANALONIIDAE Members:	NC Records
Acanalonia servillei - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: ACANALONIIDAE
Taxonomic Author: Spinola, 1839

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: A large species, adults are distinctive. They are greenish overall, with broad, rounded wings that have dense, reticulated wing venation. There is a yellowish midline stripe that begins on the top of the head and thorax and extends down the wings. The key characteristic in this species, differentiating it from A. conica, is the rounded head. Additionally, servillei has three prominent wing veins that curve upward and are parallel to one another; this is not a feature in conica. Legs are reddish-brown. Nymphs of this species are mostly pale overall, with a dark brown to black patch on the sides of the thorax, helping differentiate this nymph from other members of this genus. Here is an image of an adult just emerging from its nymph exoskeleton which shows the characteristic pattern.

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Gulf and Atlantic coast of United States (UDEL)

Abundance: Uncommon, primarily found along the coast, reaches into the eastern and southern Piedmont.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Typically found along the coast, but can occur inland. Has been found in grassy, open pine habitat, as well as near mixed hardwood forest.

Plant Associates: Capparis comosa (Capparaceae) (UDEL)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: When this species hops, its wings make a distinctive noise. There are not many hoppers in the state that you can hear as they hop.

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Acanalonia servillei No Common Name
	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Wake Co. Comment: attracted to UV light near small wetland	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Wake Co. Comment: attracted to UV light near small wetland
	Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238349092
	Photo by: Caroline Behe Wake Co. Comment: It was found on top of a cotton towel in the shade of our picnic shelter in the middle of a city park. - unid_planthopper	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: Crawling up stem in a zig-zag motion	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: Crawling up stem in a zig-zag motion
	Photo by: Katie Rangel Cumberland Co. Comment: Similar movement to that of a jumping spider. Hid from view several times. - unid_planthopper	Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA
	Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA	Photo by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_planthopper
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Iredell Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a weedy field.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Iredell Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a weedy field.
	Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA	Photo by: Jim Petranka Moore Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment:	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: stuck on a tree band on oak	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119270452
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment:	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82748602
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79592264	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79005959
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78920682	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77533852
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Mitchell Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Mitchell Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Mitchell Co. Comment:	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55853880
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53596904	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52956801
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52956801	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52956801
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: sweep of low vegetation	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: sweep of low vegetation
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: rescued from a tree band with Tanglefoot on a Willow Oak tree	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: rescued from a tree band with Tanglefoot on a Willow Oak tree
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: rescued from a tree band with Tanglefoot on a Willow Oak tree	Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49981094	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49981094
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49667088	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49667088
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28705635	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28589021
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Moore Co. Comment: sandhills (pine forest) habitat with lots of shrubby vegetation; nymph	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Dare Co. Comment: grassy, open forest habitat
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Dare Co. Comment: open habitat near coastal shrub/pine forest	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn Stanly Co. Comment: Attracted to Light
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: near mixed hardwood forest habitat	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn,C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: All Nymphs. No Adults
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Dare Co. Comment: grassy, open forest habitat	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: NYMPH, Caught sweeping.
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Nymph with Dryinid parasite. Caught Sweeping	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Nymph with Dryinid parasite. Caught Sweeping
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Nymph, IAW Bugguide:rnthis nymph is paler than that of A. bivittata, and has darker patches on the sides of the pronotum	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Dare Co. Comment: coastal habitat in Hatteras, some pine trees nearby

Acanalonia servillei - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Acanalonia servillei No Common Name