Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

MEMBRACIDAE Members:	NC Records
Heliria gemma - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: MEMBRACIDAE	Subfamily: Smiliinae	Tribe: Telamonini
Taxonomic Author: (Ball, 1925)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: The dorsal margin of the pronotal crest slopes posteriorly. Males are densely pubescent, and the pronotum is mottled brown with traces of a creamy tooth and posterior stripe. Females are creamy with brown mottling, particularly emphasized on the crest, and there is an oblique stripe in the rear third of the pronotum; the posterior edge of the crest is a creamy yellowish-white. Adult males are 8-9 mm long, female are 11 mm with a width and height of 5.5 mm. (Kopp & Yonke 1974)

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Out of State Record(s)

Distribution: Central and Eastern North America (Deitz & Wallace 2012)

Abundance: Rare, recorded from a couple counties in the mountains.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Plant Associates: Possibly Populus grandidentata (Wallace 2014)

Behavior:

Comment:

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Heliria gemma No Common Name
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_treehopper	Photo by: tom ward Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Out Of State Co. Comment: tentatively det. Matt Wallace; photographed in Massachusetts (Essex County)	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Out Of State Co. Comment: tentatively det. Matt Wallace; photographed in Massachusetts (Essex County)
	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Out Of State Co. Comment: tentatively det. Matt Wallace; photographed in Massachusetts (Essex County)	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Out Of State Co. Comment: tentatively det. Matt Wallace; photographed in Massachusetts (Essex County)
	Photo by: Davy Appleseed Buncombe Co. Comment: originally posted to iNaturalist, ID determined by M. Wallace

Heliria gemma - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Heliria gemma No Common Name