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
Issid planthoppers - Family Issidae, Phaeopteryx sidnicus
Order Hemiptera
- This page contains pictures and information about Issid Planthoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Issid Planthoppers are small in size and dull in colour with fore wings often shorten or convex.
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- Phaeopteryx sidnicus, body length 4mm
- This is a very small planthopper. We found it on a large Box bark gum tree. It was wandering near the base of the tree trunk. It was Oct 2009 in the Botanic Garden. When we were taking the photos, the small planthopper quickly ran up along the tree trunk until we could not reach it.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 478.
- 3. Family Issidae - Issid planthoppers - 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).
- 4. Family ISSIDAE Spinola, 1839 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 478.
