Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Erythridula noeva - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE

Subfamily: Typhlocybinae

Tribe: Erythroneurini

Synonym: Arboridia noeva

Taxonomic Author: (Gillette, 1898)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: This species has typical coloration for the genus, with bold red lines on the wings, thorax, and head. However, the mesonotum is typically a dark brownish color. The scutellum in particular is dark, being a dark chestnut to reddish-brown color overall with blacker lateral angles; sometimes, the scutellum has a pale midline, resulting in a dark V-shape (var. parma). The dark mesonotum is visible through the pronotum, giving this species a dark looking thorax. Color variety 'parma' has a reddish "V" for the scutellum, with two small black marks confined to the upper angles of the lateral triangles. The face is pale, as is the thorax except for the mesosternum on the underside which is dark; the abdomen is pale dorsally. Adults are 2.9 to 3.3 mm long. (Dmitriev & Dietrich, 2009) For more images of this species, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Central and eastern United States, southeastern Canada (3I)

Abundance: Recorded from a couple counties in the Piedmont; probably more abundant in the state in the right habitat (has been recorded from the TN side of the Smoky Mountains.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found in mixed hardwood forest.

Plant Associates: Black Walnut (Juglans nigra), Juglans sp., Acer saccharum, Carpinus sp., Aesculus sp., Acer pictum, Quercus imbricaria, among others (3I)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a black light.

Comment: This is one of several species that have a dark scutellum, and therefore it could be confused with others. These species with a dark scutellum, in order from most to least dark, are: pfrimmeri (BG), penenoeva (BG), noeva (BG), and aspera. E. pfrimmeri and penenoeva have completely dark scutellums, but in the former the scutellum is blackish whereas in the latter it tends to be a dark chestnut-brown color. Additionally, the black mesonotum is visible through the pronotum in pfrimmeri; in penenoeva, the mesonotum does not appear through as dark. E. noeva has a chestnut to reddish-brown scutellum that has dark lateral triangles, contrasting with the black scutellum of pfrimmeri, but like pfrimmeri the dark mesonotum shows through the pronotum. While the scutellum coloration may be similar between E. noeva and E. penenoeva, besides the previously stated differences in the mesonotum being visible through the pronotum, noeva seems to lack small black dots or smudges near the apical veins, whereas penenoeva can have these spots. E. aspera has a brown to dark brown scutellum, and in var. 'kanensis' the upper apical cell of each wing is dark. Finally, E. noeva has a pale abdomen dorsally, whereas the other three species have dark abdomens dorsally.

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Erythridula noeva No Common Name
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light.	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment: Three Observed, only photo vouchered two
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Randolph Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Randolph Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Randolph Co. Comment:	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat; var. parma
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.9 mm female, stuck in Tanglefoot on a tree band on an oak tree
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.9 mm female, stuck in Tanglefoot on a tree band on an oak tree	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.9 mm female, stuck in Tanglefoot on a tree band on an oak tree
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.9 mm female, stuck in Tanglefoot on a tree band on an oak tree	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 2.9 mm female, stuck in Tanglefoot on a tree band on an oak tree

Erythridula noeva - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Erythridula noeva No Common Name