Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Alebra fumida - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Typhlocybinae	Tribe: Alebrini
Taxonomic Author: Gillette, 1898

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: A dark brownish species, the only Alebra in North America with dusky wings. Males are evenly brown on the vertex, pronotum and wings, with some individuals being blackish-brown. The underside of the thorax is yellowish. Females are tawny, the wings fumose usually with the tips and clavus brown, or the entire dorsum brown as in the male. Structural characters are as in Alebra aurea. Adult males are listed at being 2.9-3.3 mm long, and this small size has been noted as differentiating this species from other Alebra, but males have also been collected by K. Kittelberger that are 3.8 and 4.1 mm so this species can range larger; females are 3.2 to 3.7 mm. (Hamilton, 1995)

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Out of State Record(s)

Distribution: Eastern and central United States, as far west as Colorado; previously only known from the south from Tennessee. Also found in Ontario. (Hamilton, 1995)

Abundance: A couple recent records from the mountains; likely more abundant in this region.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Plant Associates: Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) (Hamilton, 1995)

Behavior:

Comment:

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Alebra fumida No Common Name
	Photo by: tom ward Buncombe Co. Comment:	Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: male	Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: male
	Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: female	Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: female
	Photo by: John Rosenfeld Out Of State Co. Comment: female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Out Of State Co. Comment: male, 3.8 mm; identified from specimen
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740 - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53113740- state record, female

Alebra fumida - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Alebra fumida No Common Name