Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Erythroneura prosata - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Typhlocybinae	Tribe: Erythroneurini
Taxonomic Author: (Johnson, 1935)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: A dark species, with reddish-brown to blackish wings (depending on the lighting, individual, and how the wings are being held) with no crossbands but instead large white spots: three prominent white spots along the costal margin (together with a blackish mark) and two spade-shaped spots (with smaller spots on either wing) along the commissural margins. The scutellum (specifically the lateral triangles and apex), pronotum and vertex are concolorous with the wings. The face is pale, and the thoracic venter has a dark mesosternum with the rest pale. Adults are 2.8- 3.0 mm long. (Dmitriev & Dietrich, 2007) For more images of this species, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Eastern/central United States, primarily the Midwest (3I); recorded as far east as North Carolina and Pennsylvania, and as far west as Oklahoma.

Abundance: Rare, recorded recently from a few counties in the mountains, notable range expansions for this species; possibly more abundant in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found near mixed hardwood forest.

Plant Associates: Rubus sp. (3I)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: A fairly distinctive species, prosata could perhaps be confused with some individuals of Erythroneura elegans, but note differences in wing pattern: prosata lacks the large white patch on the wings next to the scutellum, and the wing pattern is fuller in prosata. Dark individuals of Erythroneura reflecta are also similar, but prosata has full, solid 'collar' at the base of the wings, something dark reflecta lack.

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

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	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:
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	Photo by: Jim Petranka Madison Co. Comment:	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male; state record
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Transylvania Co. Comment: male; state record

Erythroneura prosata - No Common Name

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