Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Colladonus furculatus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Deltocephalinae	Tribe: Athysanini
Taxonomic Author: (Osborn, 1905)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: The head and thorax are black and yellow, with the wings blackish-brown and yellow. The black band on the anterior margin of the pronotum extends notably onto the posterior margin of the vertex, resulting in a thicker and more prominent band on the body. The head has the anterior margin rounded. The female pregenital sternite is about 3 times as wide as long, with the posterior margin somewhat concave on either side of a median spatulate process, with the median emargination broadly V-shaped and deep; the spatulate process is about 5 times as long as the basal width and is produced considerably beyond the posterior margin, with the sides parallel and the apex bifid. Adults are 4.5-5.0 mm long. (Beirne, 1956; Nielson, 1957) For images of pinned specimens, see: BOLD. For more images of live individuals, see: BG. For diagrams of the genitalia, see: 3I.

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Rare and infrequently encountered in eastern North America, from Ontario west to Kansas (TW) and as far south now as Arkansas.

Abundance: Rare, recorded recently from a few counties in the Piedmont and mountains. Likely over-looked and under-collected.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Low vegetation bordering woods (Nielson, 1957)

Plant Associates: ?

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: This species is extremely similar to C. clitellarius, and in some cases where photos are not high quality or not showing key features, an ID may not be possible. Superficial body characters can be helpful in distinguishing the two species, with furculatus more robust in size and having the claval spot on the forewings not reaching the basal apex of the scutellum (Nielson, 1957). The black band at the posterior margin of the vertex also separates this species from clitellarius, which has a largely unmarked, yellowish vertex (Beirne, 1956).

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

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	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Landed on my wife's leg gaiter while hiking om the MST on BRP.	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Landed on my wife\'s leg gaiter while hiking om the MST on BRP.
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Landed on my wife\\\'s leg gaiter while hiking om the MST on BRP.	Photo by: Merrill Lynch Watauga Co. Comment: Came to uv light sheet on my porch
	Photo by: Merrill Lynch Watauga Co. Comment: Came to uv light sheet on my porch	Photo by: Merrill Lynch Watauga Co. Comment: Came to uv light sheet on my porch
	Photo by: Merrill Lynch Watauga Co. Comment: Came to uv light sheet on my porch	Photo by: Merrill Lynch Watauga Co. Comment: Came to uv light sheet on my porch
	Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: likes the bottom of the moth sheet. State record	Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: likes the bottom of the moth sheet.
	Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment:	Photo by: Randy L Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: uv light

Colladonus furculatus - No Common Name

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