Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

Cicadellidae Members:	NC Records
Pendarus avicephalus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: Cicadellidae

Subfamily: Deltocephalinae

Tribe: Pendarini

Subgenus: Pendarus

Taxonomic Author: Crowder, 1952

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: A grayish-brown species with pale bands on the wings. The male crown is short, scarcely produced near the eye and bluntly rounded at the apex. The female crown is similar but sharply angled apically (has a point), causing the coronal margins to appear concave. The male subgenital plates are elongate with sharp apexes; triangular overall. The female pregenital sternite has a slight median projection, with a small notch in the middle. Adult males are 5.1-5.3 mm long, while females are 6.0-6.2 mm. (Hamilton 1975) For additional images of specimens, showing male and females, 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: Florida north to North Carolina; a single record from Mississippi (Hamilton 1975)

Abundance: Recorded primarily from the Coastal Plain but also from the Piedmont; probably under collected and therefore more abundant in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Plant Associates:

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

Comment: This species is very similar to P. stipatus, with very similar color patterns and prefenital sternite shapes, though the lateral lobes are usually slightly more produced in stipatus. The main visual difference, albeit subtle, between these two species is the shape of the head in females. In avicephalus, the coronal margins of the head are sharply angled apically, giving the margins a concave appearance; in stipatus, the margins of the head are straight or convex. (Hamilton 1975)

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Pendarus avicephalus No Common Name
	Photo by: J. Bolling Sullivan Craven Co. Comment: female, 6.2 mm. Coronal margins are concave	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: female, 6.3 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: female, 6.3 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: female, 6.3 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: female, 6.3 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: female, 6.3 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Moore Co. Comment: female, 6.3 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: male; 5.0 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: male; 5.0 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: male; 5.0 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: male; 5.0 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: male; 5.0 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: male; 5.0 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: male; 5.0 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: female; 7.1 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: female; 7.1 mm
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: female; 7.1 mm	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Jones Co. Comment: female; 7.1 mm
	Photo by: J. Bolling Sullivan Craven Co. Comment: female, 6.2 mm. Coronal margins are concave	Photo by: J. Bolling Sullivan Craven Co. Comment: female, 6.2 mm
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimens	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimens
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimens	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimens
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimens

Pendarus avicephalus - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Pendarus avicephalus No Common Name