Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Alebra elegans - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Typhlocybinae	Tribe: Alebrini
Taxonomic Author: Hamilton, 1995

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: Males of this species are unknown. Females are ivory with pale wings that are boldy marked with broad orange (or yellowish-orange) stripes along the costal margins and commissure. The head is narrower across the eyes than the combined length of the head and pronotum; the eyes are longer than the prontoum behind the eyes. The lateral margins of the pronotum scarcely diverge, and the wings are less than four times as long as wide. Adult females are 4.3-4.7 mm long. (Hamilton, 1995)

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Eastern North America

Abundance: Recorded from several counties in the Piedmont; likely under-collected and therefore more abundant in the right habitat.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Has been found near mixed hardwood forest and forest edge.

Plant Associates:

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: The narrow head and thorax ally this species with A. eburnea and A. castaneae, which both have pale females. The females of eburnea are also smaller than those of elegans, while those of castaneae have narrower wings. (Hamilton, 1995)

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Alebra elegans No Common Name
	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: Scott Bolick Davie Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment:	Photo by: Robert Meehan Durham Co. Comment: Per K. Kittleberger, potentially A. elegans
	Photo by: Robert Meehan Durham Co. Comment: Per K. Kittleberger, potentially A. elegans	Photo by: Robert Meehan Durham Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Robert Meehan Durham Co. Comment:	Photo by: Robert Meehan Durham Co. Comment: Per K. Kittleberger, may represent A. elegans
	Photo by: Robert Meehan Durham Co. Comment: Per K. Kittleberger, may represent A. elegans

Alebra elegans - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Alebra elegans No Common Name