Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

MEMBRACIDAE Members:	NC Records
Atymna querci - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: MEMBRACIDAE	Subfamily: Smiliinae	Tribe: Smiliini
Taxonomic Author: (Fitch, 1851)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: A sexually dimorphic species. Males are dark, a dark brown to black color with two prominent yellow marks down the center of the pronotum. Sometimes these yellow dots are connected, forming a single yellow mark. The legs, head, and front part of the thorax are also yellowish in males, and the abdomen is a dark brown. The tegmina are smoky hyaline and the underside of the thorax and abdomen are brown to black. Females are completely green, with the tegmina entirely hyaline and the underside of the body also green. Adult males are 6 mm long while females are 7 mm (Kopp 1973). Nymphs are greenish overall.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Eastern and Central North America

Abundance: Seasonal distribution: 14 April-8 September (CTNC)

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found in a variety of habitats, including near mixed hardwood forest

Plant Associates: Quercus alba, Q. stellata, Vitis rotundifolia (CTNC)

Behavior: To listen to the male courtship call for this genus, listen here. These courtship calls are not audible to the human ear, and the calls here are produced by recording the substrate vibrations that the treehoppers use to communicate through the plants themselves. The recorded call is then amplified so that it is now audible to human ears. Research has shown that treehoppers use vibrations to attract mates, to announce the discovery of a good feeding site, or to alert a defending mother to the approach of a predator (T.IM).

Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: This species is most similar to Atymna helena, a species not yet known from North Carolina that tends to be more northern in distribution. Females of A. helena have pale scattered spots on the pronotum, a dark brown edge to the crest followed by a pale band down the edge on the front. Males of A. helena have a higher, more rounded crest, a larger pale median area on the pronotum, a thicker pale posterior transverse band, and a pale front of the pronotum. Note thought that some A. querci have a similar pattern, but to a lesser extent.

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Atymna querci No Common Name
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	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:
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:	Photo by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment: Attracted to black light sheet
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: came to UV light at night	Photo by: Scott Bolick Wilkes Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Wilkes Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Wilkes Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Wilkes Co. Comment: female	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Suburban yard near woods.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Suburban yard near woods.	Photo by: Vin Stanton Buncombe Co. Comment: semi-wooded residential neighborhood
	Photo by: Vin Stanton Buncombe Co. Comment: semi-wooded residential neighborhood	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: male, came to CFL, UV light combo, cove forest edge with small lawn and meadow nearby
	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 6 mm, came to UV light and sheet at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 6 mm, came to UV light and sheet at night
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 6 mm, came to UV light and sheet at night	Photo by: Randy L Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light
	Photo by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf, L. Amos Warren Co. Comment: KELA	Photo by: T. DeSantis Durham Co. Comment: ENRI
	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, Attracted to Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Female, attracted to Light
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn Burke Co. Comment: Female, Caught sweeping	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest; female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockham, L. Amos Warren Co. Comment: Male , attracted to UV & Black Lights
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Male, Attracted to UV Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Female. Attracted to UV Light
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Female. Attracted to UV Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Female. Attracted to UV Light
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn, L. Amos Warren Co. Comment: Female, Attracted tyo Black Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn, L. Amos Warren Co. Comment: Female, Attracted tyo Black Light
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn, L. Amos Warren Co. Comment: Female, Attracted tyo Black Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockham, L. Amos Warren Co. Comment: Male , attracted to UV Light
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockham, L. Amos Warren Co. Comment: Male , attracted to UV Light	Photo by: Brian Bockhahn Gates Co. Comment:

Atymna querci - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Atymna querci No Common Name