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
Flatid Planthoppers - Family Flatidae
Order Hemiptera
- This page contains pictures and information about Flatid Planthoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Flatid Planthopper nymph
- In the Suborder Auchenorrhyncha, the Cicadas family Cicadidae is a very famous family. The other families are less well known. They include the Planthoppers Family Flatidae. They are small plant-feeding insects ranging in colour from green, through yellow-green to brown. All of them jump, so their name hoppers.
- Members in this family usually have the triangular and broad fore wings. Most are green or bright green in colour.
- Mango Planthopper
- Colgaroides acuminata, subfamily Flatinae, tribe Flatini, body length 15mm
- This Planthopper is creamy green in colour with a tiny brown dot at the middle of each front wing. It is common un Brisbane and can be found on stem of different plants. More information and pictures can be found in this page.
- Pink Planthopper
- Colgar sp., subfamily Flatinae, tribe Flatini, body length 15mm
- We took this picture on White Hill during early winter. The Planthopper is creamy white in colour with pink wing edges. Check this page for more infromation.
- Green Mottled Planthopper
- Siphanta hebes, subfamily Flatinae, tribe Siphantini body length 15mm
- This Green Planthopper is triangular in shape with pink eyes and a pointed head. The forewings cover the body like sloping roof when it rests. This species has the dot patterns on the wings with brown wing edges. Check this page for more information.
- Newly Hatched Flatid Planthopper Nymphs
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- ? Colgaroides or Colgar sp., body length 2mm
- Those newly hatched hoppers were found on Acacia leaf during early summer. Chris Freebairn sent us email advised that " they are are flatid nymphs (Family Flatidae) - possibly mango planthopper (MPH) Colgaroides acuminata, though the egg raft does not look quite right for this species and the bands on the nymphs look a bit different too. Maybe a species of Colgar."
- Flatid Planthopper Nymphs
- ? Colgaroides or Colgar sp., body length 8mm
- Pictures were taken in Ford Road Reserve Area on Jan 2009.
- Reference and links:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 478.
- 2. Family Flatidae - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
