Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

Cicadellidae Members:	NC Records
Oncopsis deluda - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: Cicadellidae	Subfamily: Eurymelinae	Tribe: Macropsini
Taxonomic Author: (Hamilton, 1983)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: Males are yellowish overall, with the legs and scutellum ferruginous. The lateral sides of the face are black, and there is a bold black mark on each side of the face near the upper margin. The pronotum is yellowish, marked with small fuscous spots. The wings are hyaline with dark, contrastingly infuscated venation (and resemble females of the most common color form). Females come in at least 5 color forms/phases, typical of members of Oncopsis. 52% of females are colored like the male, yellowish overall with clear wings that have infuscated veins; this is the most common color form, phase B. In the next common phase C, 22% of females are largely ferruginous with a predominantly yellow clavus (inner region of the wings). 18% of females, phae E, are quite pale, yellow overall with the only noticeable markings the 4 black spots on the face (the lower pair are comma-shaped). In phase A, 4% of females are blackish with black wings that have two pale "windows" (except for infuscated veins) near the tips and a pale window at the end of the commissure (inner edge of the wings) near the apex; the scutellum and pronotum are dark as well with black speckling. In phase D, 4% of females have a broad yellow longitudinal stripe extending from the head, down the pronotum and onto the scutellum (the whole stripe looks like a yellow arrow), with ferruginous coloration on either side of the stripe; the wings are partially ferruginous, partially yellowish. The female pregenital sternite is variable, either conical with a small, shallow notch on the posterior margin, or subquarate, or semicircular in shape lacking any notch. Adult males are 4.3-4.4 mm long, while females are 4.6-4.9 mm. The nymph of this species is unknown. (Hamilton 1983)

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: Scattered records throughout the eastern United States and Midwest, as far south as at least North Carolina. (Hamilton 1983)

Abundance: Recorded from a few counties in the mountains and Piedmont, likely found elsewhere in this region.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found in grassy and vegetated, shrubby habitat surrounded by forest.

Plant Associates: Yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis), black birch (B. nigra) (Hamilton 1983)

Behavior:

Comment: This species is part of the sobria species-group. It can be distinguished from other members of this group by the infuscated veins of the males, and females can be distinguished by the dark comma-shaped marks on the face. Females belonging to phase A resemble females of O. abietis, but face markings and infuscated veins in the clear wing windows should separate deluda from abietis. Females belonging to phase C resemble some females of O. flavidorsum, but the face markings should help separate deluda from abietis. (Hamilton 1983)

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

See also Habitat Account for General Montane Mesic Forests

Oncopsis deluda - No Common Name

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Species Photo Gallery for Oncopsis deluda No Common Name
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	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and vegetated, shrubby habitat surrounded by forest; female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and vegetated, shrubby habitat surrounded by forest; female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and vegetated, shrubby habitat surrounded by forest; 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: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: NCSU specimen; female