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 and Black Planthopper - Desudaba psittacus
Family Fulgoridae, Subfamily Aphaeninae, tribe Aphaenini
This page contains pictures and information about Green and Black Planthoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
- This hopper has the black head and black wings cover. Its abdomen is bright green in colour. When its wings are opened, there was the bright red spot on the base of each hind wing.
- We found this insect on a Citrus tree in early summer. When disturbed, it hides to the other side of the tree trunk. On a hot mid-summer afternoon, we found about ten of them resting vertically on a gum tree trunk.
- We also found many of them on tree trunk in Sinnamon Park during late summer.
- Here we would like to thank Melinda
Moir and Dr.
Murray Fletcher f
- Reference:
- 1. Desudaba psittacus - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
- 2. Species Desudaba psittacus Walker, 1958 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
