Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

MEMBRACIDAE Members:	NC Records
Glossonotus acuminatus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: MEMBRACIDAE	Subfamily: Smiliinae
Taxonomic Author: (Fab.)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: A grayish-brown species with a long, slender pronotal horn with a rounded tip. The horn can be mottled, with black lining the edge and white spots present on the surface. Nymphs are brownish overall, a similar color to that of the adults. There is a row of pairs of spines going down the abdomen, as well as a pair of spines in the middle of the thorax. A small forward-facing horn projects from the pronotum.

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 United States

Abundance: Seasonal distribution: 6 May-14 June (CTNC)

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Plant Associates: Southern red oak (Quercus falcata) (CTNC); has also been associated with American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and black oak (Q. velutina) . Adults have additionally been found on Pyrus (pear), Quercus alba (white oak), Q. bicolor (swamp white oak), Q. coccinea (scarlet oak), Q. ilicifolia (bear or scrub oak), Q. montana (chestnut oak), Q. palustris (pin oak), Q. phellos (willow oak), Q. rubra (northern red oak), Q. stellata (post oak), and Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) (Wallace 2014).

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).

Comment: Can be attracted at night with a light. G. acuminatus is very closely related to Telonaca alta, with both species having almost identical nymphs (pers. comm. M.S. Wallace). Therefore, in some situations, identifications may only be tentative at best.

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Glossonotus acuminatus No Common Name
	Photo by: M. Prinz, A. Garton, H. Talcott, Z. Lunn Moore Co. Comment: WEWO	Photo by: Erich Hofmann, David George, Rich Teper, Jeff Niznik New Hanover 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 Childs Out Of State Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: nymph, probably of this species	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: nymph, probably of this species
	Photo by: Matthew S. Wallace Out Of State Co. Comment:

Glossonotus acuminatus - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Glossonotus acuminatus No Common Name