Hemiptera19 species

Family Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae)

Fulgoridae is a family in the order Hemiptera. Browse 19 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Fulgoridae (19)

Amycle vernalis

Identification: Base of hind wing pale pink, contiguous with white band, posterior margin brown; sides of head process parallel

Cyrpoptus belfragei

Identification: Forewing with distal midline solidly darkened from apex to or almost to opaque basal portion

Cyrpoptus pudicus

Identification: Head in lateral view produced anteriorly for about 1x width of eye; forewing with more hyaline areas

Cyrpoptus reineckei

Identification: Forewing extensively darkened distally, with distinct transparent oblique vitta from costal margin in apical portion reaching to or beyond midline Similar to Cyrpoptus belfragei , but generally lacks dark markings on the vertex and ha

Cyrpoptus vanduzeei

Identification: Midline of crown darkened to form wide stripe or longitudinal band, coronal length at middle 2x or less length next to eyes

Sumac Speckled Lanternfly

Poblicia fuliginosa

These are nearly impossible to capture by hand netting, they are rocket propelled. (V.A. Brou, Jr., pers. comm. to MAQ, 2012)

Scaralina aethrinsula

Identification: "note the unpatterned dorsal thorax (so not marmorata) and the dark "V" where the wings join (so not cristata)" - Doug Yanega

Scaralina marmorata

Was described by the Marquis Massimiliano Spinola (1839, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 8: 271-274) in his castle in Italy as Calyptoproctus marmoratus from North America. Metcalf didn't find any specimens he thought fit the description, so didn't illustrate it

Scaralina metcalfi

This page was previously for Alphina glauca , which is a synonym of Scaralina marmorata . Scaralina metcalfi replaces this page based off of comments in Yanega et al. 2024-"[...]although [Z.P. Metcalf] might not have included specimens of [ Scaralina