Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

Cicadellidae Members:	NC Records
Oncopsis nigrinasi - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: Cicadellidae

Subfamily: Eurymelinae

Tribe: Macropsini

Subgenus: Oncopsis

Taxonomic Author: (Fitch, 1851)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: A typically dark species. Males have a black venter, dark brown to blackish face, paler yellowish-brown pronotum speckled with dark coloration, reddish brown scutellum, and contrasting yellow legs. The wings are ferruginous to dark brown with a pale spot along the apex of the commissure (inner edge of the wings). Females are quite variable, typical of members of Oncopsis. Color ranges from being completely dark with mostly black wings and a slightly paler clavus and thorax (phase A, 2%); black with hyaline, clear "windows" in the wings (phase B, 4%), entirely ferruginous or grey (phase H, 24%); yellowish wings with a contrasting black scutellum and face (phase G, 20%); yellowish, ferruginous with dark markings on the scutellum and a dark face (phase F, 41%); and mottled with ferruginous, brown, and black with a bright yellow venter (variations: phase C, 2%; phase D, 2%; phase E, 5%). Females have a very short, truncated pregenital sternite that is broadly excavated; this sternite shape is characteristic of this species. Adult males are 4.1-4.6 mm long, while females are 4.3-4.9 mm. The nymph of this species is entirely ferruginous. (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: Eastern United States and Southeastern Canada

Abundance: Uncommon to rare in the state with scattered records, only one of which is recent; probably more abundant in the mountains, but has also been found in multiple locations in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain (which is perhaps a result of the widespread distribution of the host plant), differing from the distributions of other Oncopsis that occur in the state.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Forest, open woodlands, shrubby areas

Plant Associates: The only macrospine species known to feed on blue-beech/American hornbean (Carpinus caroliniana) (Hamilton 1983)

Behavior:

Comment: Individuals found in North Carolina (and north of Florida) belong to the subspecies O. n. nigrinasi; individuals in Florida belong to the subspecies O. n. floridana. (Hamilton 1983)

Status: Native

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See also Habitat Account for General Wet Hardwood Forests

Oncopsis nigrinasi - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Oncopsis nigrinasi No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Oncopsis nigrinasi No Common Name
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