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Liburniella ornata - Ornate Planthopper


© Kyle Kittelberger- macropter, common form
© Kyle Kittelberger- brachypter, side view
© Kyle Kittelberger- brachypter, top view
© Kyle Kittelberger- nymph
Taxonomy
Family: DELPHACIDAESubfamily: Delphacinae
Taxonomic Author: (Stål, 1862)
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
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)
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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