Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Negosiana dualis - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Iassinae	Tribe: Gyponini
Taxonomic Author: (DeLong, 1942)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: A typically dark brownish or blackish species, though some individuals can be paler brown. Females are usually brownish, males blackish. The vertex is broadly rounded, more than half as long in the middle as the width across the eyes. The pronotal disc has prominent transverse markings. The female pregenital sternite has the lateral angles of the posterior margin broadly rounded, with a shallow, round excavation on either side of a median produced rounded lobe, which is notched in the middle and produced past the length of the lateral lobes. Females are 9 mm long, males are 7 mm (DeLong 1942 For more records of this species, see: Bugguide.

Distribution in North Carolina

County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.

Distribution: Southern United States. This species is known from Texas, but recent records from the southeastern U.S. (and potentially in California) seem to be N. dualis, potentially indicative of this species expanding its distribution eastwards (the records in California could be a result of an accidental introduction).

Abundance: Recorded from a few counties in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Plant Associates:

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: Records on here for Negosiana dualis are tentative for now, as this species is not officially known from the southeastern United States; therefore, this page is acting as an umbrella for records of specimens that appear to be dualis. Hopefully a specimen can be obtained to confirm the occurrence and identity of this species.

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Negosiana dualis No Common Name
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in weedy field.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in weedy field.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in weedy field.	Photo by: Cindy Darnell Durham Co. Comment: Individual was climbing the wall very quickly: https://youtu.be/HL6YNzhJZd4
	Photo by: Cindy Darnell Durham Co. Comment: Individual was climbing the wall very quickly: https://youtu.be/HL6YNzhJZd4	Photo by: Cindy Darnell Durham Co. Comment: Individual was climbing the wall very quickly: https://youtu.be/HL6YNzhJZd4
	Photo by: Cindy Darnell Durham Co. Comment: Individual was climbing the wall very quickly: https://youtu.be/HL6YNzhJZd4	Photo by: Cindy Darnell Durham Co. Comment: Individual was climbing the wall very quickly: https://youtu.be/HL6YNzhJZd4
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Jesse Leonard Davidson Co. Comment:	Photo by: Jesse Leonard Davidson Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Sara Meissner New Hanover Co. Comment: Not very active, did not hop while posing for photos. - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Sara Meissner New Hanover Co. Comment: Not very active, did not hop while posing for photos. - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Sara Meissner New Hanover Co. Comment: Not very active, did not hop while posing for photos. - unid_leafhopper

Negosiana dualis - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Negosiana dualis No Common Name