Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Agalliopsis ancistra - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Megophthalminae	Tribe: Agalliini
Taxonomic Author: (Oman, 1970)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: Typically a greenish species, with the rear of the wings fading to a brownish tint; coloration does range to tawny and brownish, with some extreme atypical individuals quite dark/blackish. The face and eyes can be reddish in color, and there is a 'double-mark' on the top of the wings where the green color meets the brown. In addition, the scutellum is usually yellow with two small black triangles in each top corner (sometimes the scutellum is almost completely black in some individuals). Lastly, there are 8 dots on the body; 2 on the pronotum and 6 on the face (3 next to each eye). Some individuals can be brownish in color but still retain the small pronotal spots with a pronotum that is not excessively bulging. These males have the pronotum entirely fuscous except for pale posterior and lateral borders and pale areas directly adjacent to the midline; these individuals tend to have fuscous to smoky wings with contrasting broadly pale veins and the clavus and on the disc. Females have a pregenital sternite that is deeply concave, with a deep U-shaped emargination from the base; the sternite is often brown fuscous, either basally or entirely. Adult males are 3.5- 4.0 mm long, while females are 4.0- 4.3 mm. (Oman 1970) For more images of this species showing variation, see: (BG).

Distribution in North Carolina

County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.

Distribution: Throughout North America, especially in the East

Abundance: This species has been recorded across the state, where it can be locally abundant; possibly more abundant in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Recorded in the state from grassy, shrubby habitat and near forest edge, as well as spruce forest in the mountains.

Plant Associates:

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with lights.

Comment: Agalliopsis ancistra and novella can be challenging to differentiate from one another; therefore, it is helpful to have a picture of the underside with a view of the genitalia. Ancistra is slightly larger and paler, with ancistra typically a greenish color while novella is darker (some extreme individuals of ancistra however can be quite dark, complicating matters), either blackish on top of yellowish-green or dark brown overall. Note that the face of ancistra tends to be orange or ferruginous while the face of novella tends to be yellow or brown. The pregenital sternite (sternum VII) in both ancistra and novella is also quite similar, being deeply concave. Female coloration of novella and ancistra can be similar, though ancistra females are typically marked less with fuscous and tend to be more tawny than cinereous; male ancistra usually do not show the extreme fuscous coloration found in some males of novella. (Oman 1970)

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Agalliopsis ancistra - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Agalliopsis ancistra No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Agalliopsis ancistra No Common Name
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 3.8 mm, came to UV light at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 3.8 mm, came to UV light at night
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 3.8 mm, came to UV light at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: 3.8 mm, came to UV light at night
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.
	Photo by: Erin Price-Erwin Guilford Co. Comment:	Photo by: Erin Price-Erwin Guilford Co. Comment:
	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: 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: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	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: 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: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping
	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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Harry Wilson Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood and pine habitat - unid_leafhopper
	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: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:
	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: 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: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: This pair was mated when first seen. - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: This pair was mated when first seen. - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: This pair was mated when first seen. - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: This pair was mated when first seen. - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: This pair was mated when first seen. - unid_leafhopper	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: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133708704
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, field type habitat near forest edge; some females	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, field type habitat near forest edge; some females
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, field type habitat near forest edge; some females	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm; photo of a dark individual, tentative ID
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm; photo of a dark individual, tentative ID	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm; photo of a dark individual, tentative ID
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm; photo of a dark individual, ID det. by J. Kits	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy, brushy field-type habitat in old christmas tree farm; photo of a dark individual, ID det. by J. Kits (specimen pics from Kits)
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96838002	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88943068
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59156655	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56173623
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55736401	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55736401
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54896026	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54896026
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52274684	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52274684
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953263	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953263
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953263	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953263
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat; tawny female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat; tawny female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat; tawny female	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light; TENTATIVE ID
	Photo by: PaulScharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light. TENTATIVE ID	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47674253
	Photo by: Randy L Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv lights	Photo by: Harry Wilson Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood and pine habitat
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn Yancey Co. Comment: Caught sweeping	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, shrubby habitat at the summit	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and brushy vegetation surrounded by forest
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: attracted to Black Light
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: attracted to Black Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: attracted to Black Light
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, shrubby habitat at the summit	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, shrubby habitat at the summit