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Ripple-marked Gum Hoppers - Platybrachys signata

Family Eurybrachyidae  

 
Body length 20mm 
 
The Gum Hopper is dark brown in colour with white pattern. Its face and legs are dark brown in colour..
 
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Body length 15mm
 
The patterns on the wings of each individual in this species were  a bit different, although all the had the dark brawn face. The about pictures we taken in Karawatha Forest on June 2007.
 
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This species seems not as common as the other planthopper species that we found in Brisbane.
 
 
Reference:
1. Species Platybrachys signata Distant, 1892 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.

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