Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

Flavoclypeus nitens (Muir & Giffard, 1924) - No Common Name DELPHACIDAE Members:			NC Records	Public View

synonym

Delphacodes nitens

description

A very dark, glossy black species with a yellow to orange clypeus, antennae, and legs. In brachypters, the wings are dark. However, some individuals can seemingly have a dark clypeus (seen in a probable dark macropter). Females are sexually dimorphic, being much paler and typically uniform white to yellow or light brown in color. Note that male brachypters are around 2.35 mm long while females are around 2.84 mm. (K & B, 2013)

distribution

Eastern United States; also Mexico (UDEL)

abundance

Uncommon to rare, recorded from a few counties in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Has been collected from April through September.

seasonal_occurrence

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

habitat

Has been found in grassy, open areas

plant associates

behavior

comments

status

[Native:] [Introduced:] [Extirpated:]

list_type

[Official:] [Provisional:]

adult_id

Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens
Identifiable from photos showing undersides, or other specialized views [e.g., legs, face]
Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis NULL

nymph_id

Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants
Identifiable from close inspection of specimens or by DNA analysis
Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood NULL

G_rank

S_rank

rank_comments

tribe

Delphacini

subgenus

Species Photo Gallery for Flavoclypeus nitens No Common Name
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Washington Co. Comment: open forest habitat; "Since the clypeus is not pale, that takes care of most of the flavoclypeus species except that it could be a dark Flavoclypeus nitens (was Delphacodes) - what troubles me about that is that I can not confirm that nitens has the spot on the wing at the apex of the clavus" CB	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Washington Co. Comment: open forest habitat; "Since the clypeus is not pale, that takes care of most of the flavoclypeus species except that it could be a dark Flavoclypeus nitens (was Delphacodes) - what troubles me about that is that I can not confirm that nitens has the spot on the wing at the apex of the clavus" CB
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Caught sweeping	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in grassy field.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in wet, grassy open area in wet woods. rnApproximately 2.8mm.	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in wet, grassy open area in wet woods. rnApproximately 2.8mm.
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in wet, grassy open area in wet woods. Approximately 2.8mm. Male	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in wet, grassy open area in wet woods. Approximately 2.8mm. Male
	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Caught sweeping in wet, grassy open area in wet woods. Approximately 2.8mm. Male

Species Photo Gallery for Flavoclypeus nitens No Common Name