Hoppers of North Carolina

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

Family (Alpha):

CICADELLIDAE Members:	NC Records
Macropsidius trimaculatus - No Common Name

Taxonomy

Family: CICADELLIDAE	Subfamily: Eurymelinae	Tribe: Macropsini
Taxonomic Author: (Fitch, 1851)

Identification

Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF iNaturalist
Description: Males are dark brown and are more or less pruinose, marked with a fuscous or black proepimeral streak as well as dark lateral triangles on the scutellum; the pleurites are usually fuscous to black. The wings have a whitish patch at the bases of the anteapical cells, and often have an additional pale patch in various locations on the clavus or at the base of discal cells; the tegminal veins are often pale. The color pattern of the females are distinctive: females are brown, marked with fuscous to ferruginous lateral triangles on the scutellum, have a black proepimeral streak, and usually most of the pleurites are fuscous to black. The wings are mottled in whitish and brown, with the clavi mostly pale and the coria each with three pale areas; the veins are often whitish. On both sexes, the hind tibia have 6-10 (and usually 7-8) macrosetae on the outer edge before the apex. Adult males are 3.9-4.5 mm long, while females are 4.2-4.8 mm. (Hamilton 1983) The nymph is finely pubescent. It is brown, thickly spotted with fuscous and often marked with yellow bands across the posterior margins of thoracic and pregenital segments, and with most of the wing pads yellowish to greenish-yellow.

Distribution in North Carolina

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Distribution: Eastern and central North America, from northern Georgia north to Nova Scotia and west to central Colorado. (Hamilton 1983)

Abundance: Recorded from several counties in the mountains and Piedmont.

Seasonal Occurrence

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

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Woodlands

Plant Associates: Various plums, including Prunus americana, P. angustifolia, P. hortulana, P. munsoniana, P. umbellata, P. pissardii, P. salicina, P. simonii, P. domestica, and P. nigra; also feeds on Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and Peach (P. persica). This species is known as a potential vector of peach yellows and little peach virus. (Hamilton 1983)

Behavior:

Comment: Darkly colored individuals are common in the south of the range of this species (so here in North Carolina) (Hamilton 1983).

Status: Native

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Species Photo Gallery for Macropsidius trimaculatus No Common Name
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper
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	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment:	Photo by: Scott Bolick Guilford Co. Comment: Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_leafhopper
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	Photo by: Scott Bolick Randolph Co. Comment: Dead - Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_planthopper	Photo by: Scott Bolick Randolph Co. Comment: Dead - Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_planthopper
	Photo by: Scott Bolick Randolph Co. Comment: Dead - Macropsidius trimaculatus - unid_planthopper

Macropsidius trimaculatus - No Common Name

Species Photo Gallery for Macropsidius trimaculatus No Common Name