Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Excultanus excultus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Deltocephalinae	Synonym: Texananus excultus
Taxonomic Author: Uhler 1877

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google

Description: A distinctive species with a yellowish body (head and pronotum) and dark wings that have 3 small white discs along the wing edges where the wings meet on the back (BG). The head is also narrower than the thorax (visible from above), with the vertex about 1/4 longer in the middle than next to the eyes. The wings have a dark checkered appearance to them; the outer rear edge of the wings has small white dots along a black border. The underside of the body and back is dark, contrasting with the pale body. The female pregenital sternite is broadly excavated about 2/3 of the way to the anterior margin; the sides of the sloping lateral margins are slightly produced and rounded. The male plates are broad and triangular, with the apexes bluntly pointed. Adults are 6.0-6.5 mm long. (DeLong & Hershberger 1949)

Nymphs are a brownish to grayish-brown color, with scattered white markings and some reddish coloration on the undersides of the abdominal segments. For a nice set of images of 4th and 5th instar nymphs of this species, see: BG.

For diagrams of the genitalia of this species, see: Dmitriev.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Eastern and central United States, into the Southwest

Abundance: Uncommon, scattered records across the state.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been recorded in grassy, field-type habitats, as well as in open, mixed hardwood, and pine forests.

Plant Associates:

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a black light

Comment: This species is very similar visually to Texananus superbus, but is typically darker; the genitalia is also distinctive and different between the two, particularly for males.

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Excultanus excultus No Common Name
	Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA	Photo by: Erin Price-Erwin Guilford Co. Comment:
	Photo by: R. Newman Carteret Co. Comment: FOMA	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Hunter Phillips Onslow Co. Comment:	Photo by: John Petranka Bladen Co. Comment: Attracted to UV LED light
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Carteret Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Richmond Co. Comment: female; 7.0 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Richmond Co. Comment: female; 7.0 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Richmond Co. Comment: female; 7.0 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Richmond Co. Comment: female; 7.0 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Richmond Co. Comment: female; 7.0 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Richmond Co. Comment: female; 7.0 mm
	Photo by: John Petranka Dare Co. Comment:	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93319228
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93319228	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93319228
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/91799625	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment:	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59156651
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59156651	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59473285
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65294147	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62430809
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62430809	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58376983
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59173654	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59173654
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58905044	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58905044
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58905044	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58376983
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58279296 - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58279295 - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58022520	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55446157
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55446157	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55446157
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51088688	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51088688
	Photo by: Steve Hall Orange Co. Comment: at moth sheet	Photo by: Steve Hall Orange Co. Comment: Observed at moth sheet
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28583374	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28583374
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28583374	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 6.9 mm
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 6.9 mm	Photo by: Randy L Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv light
	Photo by: Randy L Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv light	Photo by: FKW Gates Co. Comment: MEMI
	Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment:	Photo by: Amanda Auxier Pender Co. Comment: Attracted to white CFL porch light in semi-wooded residential neighborhood.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Open area near woods. Attracted to black light.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Open area near woods. Attracted to black light.
	Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: moth lights	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf, Patrick Coin Halifax Co. Comment: grassy area and mixed hardwood forest edge near pine forest
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat near lake edge	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat near lake edge
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: grassy, field-type habitat with microstygium among mixed hardwood forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Wake Co. Comment: grassy, field-type habitat with microstygium among mixed hardwood 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 Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light

Excultanus excultus - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Excultanus excultus No Common Name