Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

Pediopsoides distinctus (Van Duzee, 1890) - No Common Name CICADELLIDAE Members:			NC Records	Public View

synonym

description

A distinctively colored species. Males are yellowish, with the face, head, legs, and pronotum yellow; there is fuscous speckled across the pronotum and scutellum. In some dark individuals, almost the entire body is blackish brown. The wings are dark brown with a large pale spot near the apex of the wings, along the costa, and a smaller pale spot on the inner margin of the wings, in the middle. Females are greenish-yellow, with some fuscous spotting on the pronotum and scutellum. The hind leg can be bluish-green, contrasting with the yellowish front legs. The wings are not as dark as those of the male but have a similar pattern. Adult males are 3.8-4.4 mm long, while females are 4.2-4.7 mm. (Hamilton 1983) For more images of this species, see: BG.

Nymphs are greenish, flecked with fuscous spots all over the body, with a short head that sometimes has a transverse row of four black spots across the face. (Hamilton 1983)

distribution

Eastern and Central North America

abundance

Uncommon with several scattered records across the state, possibly more abundant in the state in the right habitat.

seasonal_occurrence

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

habitat

Has been found in grassy areas near mixed hardwood, cypress forest.

plant associates

Black walnut (Juglans nigra), butternut (Juglans cinerea); this is the only New-World member of Macropsini that is known to feed on walnut (Hamilton 1983).

behavior

Can be attracted at night with a light.

comments

This genus can be differentiated from the other Macropsini in our region by the two large anteapical wing cells; in Oncopsis and Macropsis, there are three anteapical cells (Hamilton 1983).

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

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S_rank

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tribe

Macropsini

subgenus

Nanopsis

Species Photo Gallery for Pediopsoides distinctus No Common Name
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Gates Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Gates Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Gates Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Gates Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Gates Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Gates Co. Comment: grassy, brushy habitat and mixed hardwood, cypress forest
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest; female
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:
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	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment:	Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment:
	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

Species Photo Gallery for Pediopsoides distinctus No Common Name