Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Scaphoideus nigrellus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Taxonomic Author: DeLong & Mohr 1936

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: This is the darkest member of this genus. This species has blackish wings (the amount of black varies among individuals, but this species looks dark to the naked eye) with rufous and bluish-gray patches. The head and thorax are also a mixture of black, bluish-gray, and yellow, and there are bricklicke black spots on the pronotum, characteristic of this species (BG). The scutellum can show three square-shaped black marks, one in each corner, with a fourth, triangle-shaped black mark in the middle. The underside of the abdomen is black while the legs are pale. Nymphs are completely black except for their pale legs.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Eastern United States

Abundance: Recorded recently from a few counties in the mountains and Piedmont, probably more abundant in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found in brushy, grassy vegetation surrounded by forest.

Plant Associates: Native vines

Behavior: Probably can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: This species was recently treated as a synonym of Scaphoideus titanus (1). However, these specimens are visually distinctive, being much darker than other Scaphoideus, including titanus. Therefore, for now these will be kept as separate species on this site.

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus nigrellus No Common Name
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: 7.0 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: 7.0 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: 7.0 mm	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Ashe Co. Comment: collected by Bo Sullivan; females
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Ashe Co. Comment: collected by Bo Sullivan; females	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Ashe Co. Comment: collected by Bo Sullivan; females
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat near mixed hardwood forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy, grassy vegetation surrounded by forest; one nymph
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy, grassy vegetation surrounded by forest; one nymph	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy, grassy vegetation surrounded by forest; one nymph
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy, grassy vegetation surrounded by forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy, grassy vegetation surrounded by forest
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Watauga Co. Comment: brushy, grassy vegetation surrounded by forest

Scaphoideus nigrellus - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus nigrellus No Common Name