Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Prescottia lobata - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Deltocephalinae	Tribe: Scaphoideini
Taxonomic Author: (Van Duzee, 1894)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google

Description: A distinctively marked species, with alternating black and white markings along the inner margins of the wings, with two prominent white spots in the middle; the rest of the wings are largely blackish. The anterior base of each wing is white, giving a collared appearance to the hopper. The head and thorax are a pale yellowish-white color with brownish markings. The female pregenital sternite has a truncated posterior margin with a slight median notch. Adult male subgenital plates are slender and narrow with recurved tips. Adults are 5.0-6.0 mm long. (DeLong, 1948)

Nymphs are reportedly similar in coloration to adults, dark gray to blackish with a distinctive color pattern.

For additional images of this species, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Out of State Record(s)

Distribution: Eastern North America, this primarily northern species ranges as far south as the southern Appalachians in North Carolina

Abundance: Recorded from throughout the mountains, likely more abundant in this region.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Forest edge, open woodland, well vegetated areas.

Plant Associates: Solidago

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: The only eastern member of this genus, this hopper superficially resembles several dark Scaphoideus species and could be confused with them, but it has a distinctive pattern and different color arrangement, particularly on the wings.

Status: Native

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	Photo by: Marilyn Westphal Henderson Co. Comment: Attracted to uv light sheet	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: forest edge with small lawn and meadow nearby; female. © Kyle Kittelberger
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: forest edge with small lawn and meadow nearby; female. © Kyle Kittelberger	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: forest edge with small lawn and meadow nearby
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: forest edge with small lawn and meadow nearby	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment:

Prescottia lobata - No Common Name

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