Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Scaphoideus atlantus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE

Subfamily: Deltocephalinae

Tribe: Scaphoideini

Subgenus: Scaphoideus

Taxonomic Author: Ball, 1932

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: Typically an amber yellow color with a white to cream colored crown (top of the head) and an orange transverse band between the eyes. The eyes themselves have a white longitudinal line flanked with black through them. The face is pale overall, being cream to light brown with several somewhat faint brown lines near the crown margin. The pronotum is largely a uniform amber yellow to orange and the scutellum is yellowish-orange overall. The forewings, in coparison to other Scaphoideus, appear as a mostly uniform color with few pale or dark wing cell. The wings have the anterior three-fourths an amber yellow color while the latter fourth has some white translucent cells. Wing venation is brown, darker near the tips. The legs are yellowish-white and the underside of the body is a pale yellowish-brown color. The female pre-genital sternite is pale yellowish-brown with a posterior dark medial area on the outer margin; there is a deep notch in the middle, with concave margins on either side of the notch and the lateral margins straight. Male plates are yellow to orange. Adult males are 5.0-6.0 mm long while females are 5.1-5.7 mm. (Barnett 1976) For more images of several spinned specimens, see: BOLD.

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: Throughout eastern and central United States (Barnett 1976).

Abundance: Uncommon, recorded from multiple counties in the Piedmont; possibly under collected and 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: Probably mixed hardwood forest and similar habitats.

Plant Associates: Cottonwood, ragweed, mustard, marvel pea, Dipsacus, Ulmus americana, Fagus, European elm, ash, Ulmus alata, Tillia americana, etc. (Barnett 1976)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment:

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus atlantus No Common Name 17
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Davie Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Davie Co. Comment:	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Suburban yard near woods.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Suburban yard near woods.	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light, hope I got the ID correct?
	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light, hope I got the ID correct?	Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Ken Childs Out Of State Co. Comment:	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light

Scaphoideus atlantus - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus atlantus No Common Name 17