Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Eutettix tristis - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE

Subfamily: Deltocephalinae

Tribe: Athysanini

Subgenus: Eutettix

Taxonomic Author: (Ball, 1907)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: A pale, tan species with two bold black head spots. The frons is yellow with two large separated basal black spots, with oblique markings sometimes faintly indicated. The vertex is yellow with two large black spots along the anterior margin, [usually] separated by a narrow yellow line; these spots and their separation are characteristic of this species. The pronotum is yellow except for a wide fulvous to fuscous band usually covering most of the posterior half, lighter in females (this band can be light or indistinct in some specimens), and the scutellum is yellow to fulvous. The wings are semi-hyaline fulvous with white spots at the apex of the clavus, usually darkened on both sides of this spot (these spots are not always very noticeable). The wing veins are usually concolorous with the cells but may be darkened posteriorly; the apical cells are sometimes slightly infuscated. The female pregenital sternite is less than twice as wide as the length at the middle, with almost straight anterior and lateral margins and a an unnotched median lobe on an otherwise straight posterior margin. Males are 5.5 mm long, females are 6.5 mm. (Hepner 1942)

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Scattered states throughout the eastern United States (Hepner 1942, Metcalf 1967)

Abundance: Noted in Metcalf (1967) as occurring in North Carolina, but unclear from where. A few recent records from the Sandhills and Coastal Plain.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Pitch pine/scrub oak barrens (Chandler & Hamilton 2017) and similar habitats (such as those found in the NC Sandhills)

Plant Associates: Oak (Quercus spp.), such as scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia; Chandler & Hamilton 2017)

Behavior:

Comment:

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Eutettix tristis No Common Name
	Photo by: Nick Spigler Moore Co. Comment: Sitting on the top side of an oak leaf, along the midrib.rnhttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293179033	Photo by: Nick Spigler Moore Co. Comment: Sitting on the top side of an oak leaf, along the midrib.rnhttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293179033
	Photo by: Larry Chen, Sarah Toner Pender Co. Comment:	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: females, ~7 mm; near pinewoods
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: females, ~7 mm; near pinewoods	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: females, ~7 mm; near pinewoods
	Photo by: Bo Sullivan Scotland Co. Comment: females, ~7 mm; near pinewoods

Eutettix tristis - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Eutettix tristis No Common Name