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
Passion-vine Hopper - Scolypopa australis
Family Ricaniidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Passion-vine Hoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 15mm
- They are common in Brisbane bushes and gardens. When disturbed, they jumped away with a loud 'click' sound and disappeared in the air.
- Many of them can be found resting on the same plant during early summer. They are consider as pest on passion vine and kiwifruit. It seems that besides those vine plants, they feed on many other plants as well.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 479.
- 2. Scolypopa australis - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
- 3. Scolypopa australis - Australian Insect Common Names, 2005.
- 4. The external morphology of Scolypopa australis (Walker) (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) - Fletcher, M.J. 1979b. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 157-168.
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 479.
