Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Scaphoideus paludosus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE

Subfamily: Deltocephalinae

Tribe: Scaphoideini

Subgenus: Scaphoideus

Taxonomic Author: Ball, 1932

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist Google
Description: This species is generally brown and orange. The crown is white with a thin dark brown anterior marginal line and a yellow transverse band between the anterior eye margins; the eyes are brown. The face is white with one or two dark brown lines below the crown margin, or the face is light brown with some dark brown cheveron lines centrally. The pronotum is golden yellow with a white translucent transverse central bar and posterior border. The scutellum has the anterior half golden yellow, the lateral areas darker, and the posterior half white; there is a black dot on each lateral margin. The forewings are light brown with some dark brown and translucent white areas in some cells. The abdominal terga are dorsally dark brown, and the sterna are mostly white. The male pygofer is golden yellow to brown dorsally, and the male subgenital plates are less than one a half times long as their basal width; they are white with dark brown anterior medial areas. The female pregenital sternite is roundly produced posteriorly and is overall white with a posterior medial dark brown area; the female pygofer is golden yellow with a dark brown oblique bar near the posterior third, while the ovipositor is brownish-yellow. Adult males are 4.0-5.9 mm long, while females are 5.5-6.4 mm. (Barnett 1976) For additional images of specimens, see: BOLD and BG.

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Eastern and central United States (3I)

Abundance: Recorded from the state previously, but clear from what part; recorded from the Piedmont according to DNA barcode data.

Seasonal Occurrence

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Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Swampy areas, damp well-vegetated areas (Barnett 1976).

Plant Associates: Maclura pomifera, Impatiens pallida (main host it seems) (Barnett 1976)

Behavior:

Comment:

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Scaphoideus paludosus No Common Name 6
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: female; 5.2 mm long	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: female; 5.2 mm long
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: female; 5.2 mm long	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: female

Scaphoideus paludosus - No Common Name