Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

DELPHACIDAE Members:	NC Records
Flavoclypeus nitens - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: DELPHACIDAE	Subfamily: Delphacinae	Synonym: Delphacodes nitens
Taxonomic Author: (Muir & Giffard, 1924)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: A very dark, glossy black species with a yellow to orange clypeus, antennae, and legs. In brachypters, the wings are dark. However, some individuals can seemingly have a dark clypeus (seen in a probable dark macropter). Females are sexually dimorphic, being much paler and typically uniform white to yellow or light brown in color. Note that male brachypters are around 2.35 mm long while females are around 2.84 mm. (K & B, 2013)

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Eastern United States; also Mexico (UDEL)

Abundance: Uncommon to rare, recorded from a couple counties in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Has been collected from April through September.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found in grassy, open areas

Plant Associates:

Behavior:

Comment:

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Flavoclypeus nitens No Common Name
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught sweeping	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Washington Co. Comment: open forest habitat; "Since the clypeus is not pale, that takes care of most of the flavoclypeus species except that it could be a dark Flavoclypeus nitens (was Delphacodes) - what troubles me about that is that I can not confirm that nitens has the spot on the wing at the apex of the clavus" CB
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Washington Co. Comment: open forest habitat; "Since the clypeus is not pale, that takes care of most of the flavoclypeus species except that it could be a dark Flavoclypeus nitens (was Delphacodes) - what troubles me about that is that I can not confirm that nitens has the spot on the wing at the apex of the clavus" CB

Flavoclypeus nitens - No Common Name