Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Sanctanus aestuarium - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Taxonomic Author: (DeLong & Sleesman, 1929)

Identification

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Description: A very distinctively colored member of this genus with a broad, bluntly rounded vertex. Yellow to orange overall ontop of a base white color; there is a pair of oblique orange spots/bands on the vertex. The pronotum has a large orange spot on the anterior margin between the eyes, with another orange spot behind it in the center; there are also large orange spots behind each eye. The face is largely black. The anterior angles of the scutellum are orange; otherwise, the scutellum is an ashy white. The wings are orange with white venation, and the cells closer to the apex are margined with fuscous; there is a prominent black mark on near the middle of the costal margin, and an additional black mark near the apex and base of the wings. The male subgenital plates are short and strongly rounded convexly to pointed apexes. The female pregenital sternite is short on the lateral margins, with a broad trilobate posterior margin; there is a slight notch on either side of the central lobe, but the coloration causes the margin to appear trilobate. Adults are around 4.0 mm long. (DeLong & Hershberger 1946)

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: First described from North Carolina, it is reported to occur in the tidal salt marsh of the lower Atlantic coast (DeLong & Hershberger 1946)

Abundance: Uncommon to rare in the Coastal Plain; likely more abundant in the region in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: In and near tidal salt marshes

Plant Associates: Presumably salt marsh grasses

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment:

Status: Native

Global and State Rank: GNR [G3G4] [S3S4]

See also Habitat Account for Salt and Brackish Marshes

Species Photo Gallery for Sanctanus aestuarium No Common Name
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Dare Co. Comment: open woodland, with pines and other shrubs around	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Dare Co. Comment: open woodland, with pines and other shrubs around
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf New Hanover Co. Comment: marsh grass: black needlerush, spartina, etc.; male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf New Hanover Co. Comment: marsh grass: black needlerush, spartina, etc.; male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf New Hanover Co. Comment: marsh grass: black needlerush, spartina, etc.; male

Sanctanus aestuarium - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Sanctanus aestuarium No Common Name