Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

DERBIDAE Members:	NC Records
Patara vanduzei - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: DERBIDAE	Synonym: Patara vanduzeei
Taxonomic Author: (Ball, 1902)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: A small dark species, about 5 mm long or less. Adults are sexually dimorphic, with color varying among sexes (females seem to have reddish-brown wings while males are blackish), and male antennae are noticeably longer and thicker than those of the female. In both sexes, there are red and white patches on the outer margin of the wigns, and there is a white band extending along both sides of the thorax at the base of the wings. The frons (face) is very compressed, and the antennae lack appendages (like those in Otiocerus). The head only slightly projects forward in front of the eyes. The legs are pale. (UDEL)

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Eastern North America (UDEL)

Abundance: Uncommon to scarce, scattered records across the state; possibly 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 in open habitat near mixed hardwood and pine forests.

Plant Associates: Derbidae are known or assumed to feed on fungal hyphae as immatures (UDEL); adults have been found on hickory (Carya sp.).

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: The sole member of this genus in North America.

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Patara vanduzei No Common Name
	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Avery Co. Comment: unid_planthopper	Photo by: Ted Wilcox Avery Co. Comment: unid_planthopper
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:
	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light. First and only one observed in three years	Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light. First and only one observed in three years
	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Beaufort Co. Comment: open, grassy habitat surrounded by pine and mixed hardwood forest	Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Paul Scharf Beaufort Co. Comment: open, grassy habitat surrounded by pine and mixed hardwood forest
	Photo by: B. Bockhahn Stokes Co. Comment:	Photo by: F. Williams, S. Williams Gates Co. Comment: MEMI

Patara vanduzei - No Common Name