Common Spittlebug
Machaerotida
Ledrinae
TheWorld'sLargestLeafhopper
BlackFlat-headLeafhopper
White-dotedBrownLeafhopper
Tartessinae
Yellow-headedLeafhopper
Brown Leafhopper1
Eurymelinae
Common Jassid
Punctata Gum-treehopper
Penthimiinae
Membracidae
Lantana Treehopper
Banksia Treehopper
Green Horned Treehopper
AcaciaHornedTreehopper
Tri-horned Treehopper
Green Face Wattle Hopper - Hackerobrachys viridiventris
(former Olonia viridiventris)
Family Eurybrachyidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Green Face Wattle Hoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia
- Body length 11mm
- The planthoppers were found on wattle and has a bright yellow-green frons and pale green abdomen.
- This species is less common as the Spider-face Wattle Hopper, although still not too difficult to find.
Face changed yellow
- 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.
- 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.
The Nymph
- Nymph and adult can be found on the same plant.
The Host Plants
- Black Wattle
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- Acacia leiocalyx subsp. leiocalyx, family Mimosaceae
- Golden Wattle
- Acacia fimbriata, family Mimosaceae
- Golden Wattle flowering in winter
- Reference and Link:
- 1. Genus Olonia - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
- 2. Hackerobrachys viridiventris - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage.
- 3. Hackerobrachys viridiventris (Stål) - Fletcher, M.J. (2009 and updates). Identification keys and checklists for the leafhoppers, planthoppers and their relatives occurring in Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).
- 1. Genus Olonia - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
