Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

ACHILIDAE Members:	NC Records
Synecdoche grisea - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: ACHILIDAE

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: A grayish-brown species with many pale, sometimes incomplete cross veins on otherwise gray to blackish wings. The pronotum and head are yellowish-brown with orange and black markings. The face is pale and mostly concolorous, slightly mottled on the sides (darker brown with small black spots) with two pale dividing median lines. The underside of the thorax is pale yellowish while the underside of the abdomen is blackish. See here for pics of a couple pinned specimens: UDEL and BG.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Eastern United States and eastern Canada (UDEL)

Abundance: Recorded from a few counties in the mountains and Piedmont, rare.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Plant Associates: ?

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: Of the Synecdoche, this species may be the one that most looks like, and therefore could be confused with Catonia.

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Synecdoche grisea No Common Name
	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: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment:	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment:	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953283	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51953283
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: photographed by K. Kittelberger; 5.9 mm

Synecdoche grisea - No Common Name