Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Erythroneura ziczac - Virginia Creeper Leafhopper

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Typhlocybinae	Tribe: Erythroneurini
Taxonomic Author: (Walsh, 1862)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google

Description: A somewhat distinctive yellowish to white species with an orange to reddish-brown zigzag pattern on each wing. The zigzag pattern is thick and bold, with the bands remaining separate from one another and not touching the band on the other wing; this gives the appearance of a degree of white separating the two zigzag bands. The vertex has orange parallel submedial lines, often with a lateral branch, and a pale midline in between. The pronotum has a Y or V-shaped dark orange to reddish mark, and the mesonotum is pale with dark lateral triangles and a reddish apex to the scutellum. The face is pale, as is the thoracic venter outside of the dark mesosternum. Adults are 2.8-3.1 mm long. (Dmitriev & Dietrich, 2007)

Nymphs are yellowish-white with reddish to reddish-brown markings on the pronotum and wing buds.

See 3I for images of specimens. For images of live individuals, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Transcontinental, found throughout North America

Abundance: Recorded from a single county in the mountains, probably more abundant in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Shrubby, brushy areas where vines occur

Plant Associates: Vitis riparia, other Vitis sp. and Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) (3I)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: This species could be confused with E. fiduciaria or E. kanwakae.

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

See also Habitat Account for General Vitaceous Tangles

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Erythroneura ziczac - Virginia Creeper Leafhopper

Species Photo Gallery for Erythroneura ziczac Virginia Creeper Leafhopper