Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

DELPHACIDAE Members:	NC Records
Liburniella ornata - Ornate Planthopper

Taxonomy

Family: DELPHACIDAE	Subfamily: Delphacinae
Taxonomic Author: (StÃ¥l, 1862)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: Highly distinctive, there is no other species that looks like this. The wings have an ornate color pattern of black, white/gray, and orange, and the body itself is colored like the wings. The top of the head and thorax are orange with a bold white line down the middle, extending onto the frons (face) which is dark with light carinae (ridges). The non-flattened antennae are pale with a dark ring at the juncture of the two antennal segments. Nymphs are pale with two bold black bands down the sides; there are white spots speckled on the part of the dark band on the frons.

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 and Canada, plus California; also Bermuda and British Columbia (UDEL)

Abundance:

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Grassy and brushy habitat, as well as near forests

Plant Associates: Reported from the sedge Rhynchospora globularis, but probably polyphagous on sedges and maybe grasses (UDEL)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: Brachypterous (short-winged) adults are uncommon in this species. (UDEL)

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Liburniella ornata Ornate Planthopper
	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Wake Co. Comment: attracted to light - unid_planthopper	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.
	Photo by: K. Bischof Transylvania Co. Comment: GORG	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4 mm female
	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: B. Bockhahn Avery Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: beating low vegetation on the wooded margin of an athletic 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: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Grassy field.	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119270463
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111146427	Photo by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment: New Hope Creek Biodiversity Survey rnrnbrachypter
	Photo by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment: New Hope Creek Biodiversity Survey	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63168988
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63168988	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63168988
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61815290	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59507738
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56672863	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55446146
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54451483	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54451492
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53864503	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52528507
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52528507	Photo by: Hunter Phillips Onslow Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51144623	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44886462
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44640955	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42713165
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42713165	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: came to UV light in wooded residential neighborhood
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34940763rnrnAttracted to UV light	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33501690
	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33044008
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31636949	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31491223	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31491223
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31209182	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31209182
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv light
	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv light	Photo by: F. Williams, S. Williams Gates Co. Comment: MEMI
	Photo by: T. DeSantis Durham Co. Comment: ENRI	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4.4 mm, sweep of bushes along athletic field edge, primarily Groundsel Bush
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Weedy/grassy open area. Caught sweeping.	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge; female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Surry Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near forest edge; female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Wake Co. Comment: grassy, field-type habitat
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, K.Kittelberger Rockingham Co. Comment: Female. Caught sweeping and released	Photo by: Paul Scharf, K.Kittelberger Rockingham Co. Comment: Female. Caught sweeping and released
	Photo by: Bockhahn, Scharf Burke Co. Comment: LAJA - 2014 BioBlitz NYMPHS, There were many adults in the area	Photo by: Bockhahn, Scharf Burke Co. Comment: LAJA - 2014 BioBlitz NYMPHS, There were many adults in the area
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy vegetation surrounded by forest; nymphs present	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy vegetation surrounded by forest; nymphs present
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweeping	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweeping
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweeping	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught Sweeping
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Male, Caught Sweeping	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, Paul Scharf, Patrick Coin Halifax Co. Comment: grassy area and mixed hardwood forest edge near pine forest

Liburniella ornata - Ornate Planthopper

Species Photo Gallery for Liburniella ornata Ornate Planthopper