Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CALISCELIDAE Members:	NC Records
Bruchomorpha oculata - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CALISCELIDAE	Subfamily: Caliscelinae	Tribe: Peltonotellini
Taxonomic Author: (Newman, 1838)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google

Description: A uniformly dark, shiny species, typically metallic black in color with only a trace of a pale median stripe that extends from the head onto the thorax. The 'nose' or head projection is slightly bulbous and protrudes down and out. The eyes are dark brown, and the legs are yellow to reddish-brown. Adults are 1.8-3.0 mm long, sometimes longer. (Doering, 1939)

Nymphs resemble the adults, showing the characteristic head projection. Nymphs are brownish in color and can have a thin, pale median line extending across the whole body. The legs are yellow like the adults.

For more images of this species, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Found across the United States, as far west as the Rocky Mountains; also in Canada. This is the most common species in the East. (UDEL)

Abundance: The most common and abundant piglet in NC, the one most frequently encountered. Recorded across the state, with a majority of the records in the Piedmont. Can be locally common where found.

Seasonal Occurrence

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found in grassy, brushy, field-type habitat and forest edge.

Plant Associates: Eragrostis curvula (weeping lovegrass) (UDEL)

Behavior:

Comment: Sometimes adults are macropterous and have very pronounced wings, differing from the typically brachypterous individuals that have very reduced wings.

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Bruchomorpha oculata No Common Name
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Iredell Co. Comment: Nymph. Caught sweeping in grassy/weedy field.
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4 mm, sweep of low vegetation in detention basin
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4 mm, sweep of low vegetation in detention basin	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4 mm, sweep of low vegetation in detention basin
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Vance Co. Comment: Field/forest edge habitat. A nymph	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Vance Co. Comment: Field/forest edge habitat. A nymph
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: grassy habitat and microstygium	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweeping	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweeping
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: grassy/brushy habitat on the side of the road	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Vance Co. Comment: Field/forest edge habitat. A nymph
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: tall grassy habitat	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: tall grassy habitat
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: tall grassy habitat

Bruchomorpha oculata - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Bruchomorpha oculata No Common Name