Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Balclutha unidentified species - No Common Name

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Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE

Subfamily: Deltocephalinae

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution:

Abundance: Throughout the state.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Mixed hardwood forest, forest edge, grassy areas, fields, etc.

Plant Associates:

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: Balclutha is a very challenging genus to identify. Most of the species cannot be conclusively identified without identification of a male specimen. And to further complicate the matter, many species have been synonymized and moved around over the decades, some New World counterparts have been split from their Old World counterparts while others have been lumped, etc. Blocker (1967) revised the genus in North America, but based his species concepts almost entirely on male genitalia. Additionally, plenty of specimens and images have been misidentified or mislabeled, and both native and introduced Balclutha species that closely resemble one another can be found in North Carolina; this has further confounded an already challenging situation. This page serves as an umbrella for any Balclutha documented in the state that cannot be conclusively identified to a particular species. Hopefully through collection of male specimens of various color forms and sizes, we may be able to clear up which Balclutha occur in North Carolina and better determine if there are any external characteristics such as size, color, or pattern that allow for identification of species from photographs.

Balclutha species that have been reported from North Carolina, or could occur in the state (lucida):

- abdominalis

- impicta

- incisa

- lucida, synonym floridanus

- neglecta

- punctata

- rosea, synonyms frontalis, hebe, guajanae

Status:

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Species Photo Gallery for Balclutha unidentified species No Common Name
	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Wake Co. Comment: attracted to light	Photo by: Solomon Hendrix Wake Co. Comment: attracted to light
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.7 mm, came to porch light at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.7 mm, came to porch light at night
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.7 mm, came to porch light at night	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment: Attracted to UV lamp sheet.
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.6 mm, came to UV light at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.6 mm, came to UV light at night
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.6 mm, came to UV light at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 3.6 mm, came to UV light at night
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Buncombe Co. Comment:	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110777125
	Photo by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment: New Hope Creek Biodiversity Survey rn- unid_leafhopper - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4.3 mm, came to UV light at night
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4.3 mm, came to UV light at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4.3 mm, came to UV light at night
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4.3 mm, came to UV light at night	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: 4.3 mm, came to UV light at night
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96838018	Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment:	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75250176
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/75250176	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Bladen Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64322621
	Photo by: Erich Hofmann Bladen Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64322621	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63784625
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63784625	Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54584998	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53864504
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52528514	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52500103 - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52500103 - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50836714
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48585352	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35032742 Attracted to UV light
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35032752 Attracted to UV light	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35032752 Attracted to UV light
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35032753 Attracted to UV light	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34940759rnrnAttracted to UV light
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34940758rnrnAttracted to UV light	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34808398
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34223885	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34223885
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light.	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33501693
	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv lights, - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: moth lights - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: This hopper is just 3.6mm long, ruling out many in the genus Chlorotettix, which the gallery led me to. I have more photos. - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: This hopper is just 3.6mm long, ruling out many in the genus Chlorotettix, which the gallery led me to. I have more photos. - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: This hopper is just 3.6mm long, ruling out many in the genus Chlorotettix, which the gallery led me to. I have more photos. - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: This hopper is just 3.6mm long; female	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn Stanly Co. Comment: Caught sweeping .ID confirmed by Dr.Hamilton
	Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn Stanly Co. Comment: Caught sweeping .ID confirmed by Dr.Hamilton	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Light
	Photo by: Harry Wilson Wake Co. Comment: unid_planthopper	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Dare Co. Comment: grassy, open forest habitat
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to BlackLight	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to BlackLight
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to BlackLight	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to light
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female, 3.9 mm	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female, 3.9 mm
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female, 3.9 mm	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female, 3.9 mm
	Photo by: Amanda Auxier Pender Co. Comment: Came to white CFL porch light in semi-wooded residential area. 5 mm in length.	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf New Hanover Co. Comment: open woodlands, pine dominated
	Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper	Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Amanda Auxier Pender Co. Comment: Attracted to white CFL porch light in semi-wooded residential area.	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond

Balclutha unidentified species - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Balclutha unidentified species No Common Name