Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Hebata alboneura - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE

Subfamily: Typhlocybinae

Tribe: Empoascini

Subgenus: Alboneurasca

Synonym: Empoasca alboneura

Taxonomic Author: (Gillette, 1898)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: A robust, yellowish-green (tinged with orange) to dull-green (tinged with brown) species that has pale wing venation; this gives the species a striped appearance. The crown is relatively broad and bluntly rounded, with a median stripe that has an oblique pale dash on either side, near the eye. The posterior margin of the female pregenital sternite is produced and rounded medially, with a shallow but broad lateral emargination. Adults are 2.5-3.5 mm long. (Wheeler, 1940)

Distribution in North Carolina

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

Distribution: Found throughout North America and Mexico (3I)

Abundance: Previously recorded from the state, though unclear from where; one recent record from the Piedmont.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Plant Associates: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Erigeron sp., Trifolium repens, Anthemis cotula, Artemisia sp., Chrysothamnus sp., Vicia sp. (3I)

Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.

Comment: The only member of the subgenus Hebata recorded from North Carolina.

Status: Native

Global and State Rank:

Species Photo Gallery for Hebata alboneura No Common Name
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172255186	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172255193
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120084445	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120084445
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120084445	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120084445
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121800949	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121800949
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121800949	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121800949
	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121800946	Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121800946
	Photo by: Marina Martelli Guilford Co. Comment:

Hebata alboneura - No Common Name