Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

DELPHACIDAE Members:	NC Records
Stenocranus dorsalis - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: DELPHACIDAE	Subfamily: Stenocraninae
Taxonomic Author: (Fitch, 1851)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: Typically a pale species with minimal dark markings on the wings. There is a somewhat thin dark bar on the rear of the wings near the inner margin. There is a white midline beginning on the vertex, bordered by two black lines, and extending across the thorax down the inner margin of the wings. The male abdomen has dark/black markings on the venter of the genital segment, with the genital capsule brown to tan with dark markings. Some individuals can be very fulvous in color, lacking wing markings found on typical adults. These fulvous individuals represent what used to be referred to as S. pallidus but is now a synonym of S. dorsalis. In typical adults, the face is dark; in form "pallidus", the face is a reddish-brown. (UDEL)

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Found throughout most of the United States and across Canada; also the Isle of Pines in the West Indies (UDEL)

Abundance: Uncommon across the state, recorded from all three regions; likely more abundant in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found in open grassy areas, sometimes near mixed hardwood forest.

Plant Associates: Carex intumescens (Cyperaceae) (UDEL)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: Some individuals of S. lautus could resemble S. dorsalis, but the wing venation near the tips are more curved in lautus and lautus typically has a darker, bolder streak on the wings.

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Stenocranus dorsalis No Common Name
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a wet, weedy retention area.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a wet, weedy retention area.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in a wet, weedy retention area.	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Richmond Co. Comment: 5.3 mm female caught in sweep in Carolina sandhills savanna
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Richmond Co. Comment: 5.3 mm female caught in sweep in Carolina sandhills savanna	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Richmond Co. Comment: 5.3 mm female caught in sweep in Carolina sandhills savanna
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Richmond Co. Comment: 5.3 mm female caught in sweep in Carolina sandhills savanna	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: additional pics by K. Kittelberger
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment: additional pics by K. Kittelberger	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59282378
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59282378	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Craven Co. Comment:	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: female
	Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: near mixed hardwood forest; likely same individual as previous night
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: near mixed hardwood forest; likely same individual as previous night	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: near mixed hardwood forest habitat
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: near mixed hardwood forest habitat	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: near mixed hardwood forest habitat
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Beaufort Co. Comment: open, grassy habitat surrounded by pine and mixed hardwood forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Beaufort Co. Comment: open, grassy habitat surrounded by pine and mixed hardwood forest
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Beaufort Co. Comment: open, grassy habitat surrounded by pine and mixed hardwood forest	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn, C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: ID Confirmed by Charles Bartlett
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn, C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: ID Confirmed by Charles Bartlett	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn, C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: ID Confirmed by Charles Bartlett
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and brushy vegetation surrounded by forest; CB: "It appears to me that what you have is what used to be called Stenocranus pallidus, but is now a jr syn of Stenocranus dorsalis"	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and brushy vegetation surrounded by forest; CB: "It appears to me that what you have is what used to be called Stenocranus pallidus, but is now a jr syn of Stenocranus dorsalis"
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and brushy vegetation surrounded by forest; CB: "It appears to me that what you have is what used to be called Stenocranus pallidus, but is now a jr syn of Stenocranus dorsalis"

Stenocranus dorsalis - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Stenocranus dorsalis No Common Name