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Wattle Hopper - Olonia viridiventris
Family Eurybrachyidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Green Face Wattle Hoppers that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia
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 - Body length 11mm
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- The planthoppers were found on wattle and has a bright yellow-green frons and pale
green abdomen.
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Face changed yellow
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- On Oct 2007, we found one adult, believed was a female, with bright yellow
face. Its powder-green abdomen was large. It was found on the trunk of a large
Iron-bark gum tree. It could be about to lay eggs on the tree trunk.
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- Most hoppers lay eggs on large tree trunk covered and protected with white
powder materials. However, those eggs are still subjected to the parasite
by wasps.
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The Nymph
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- Nymph and adult can be found on the same plant.
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The Host Plants
- Black Wattle
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- Acacia leiocalyx subsp. leiocalyx, family Mimosaceae
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- Golden Wattle
 - Acacia fimbriata, family Mimosaceae
 - Golden Wattle flowering in winter
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- Reference and Link:
- 1. Genus
Olonia - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and
updates).
- 2. Olonia viridiventris
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and
Heritage.
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