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
White-marked Gum Hopper 1 - Platybrachys leucostigma
Family Eurybrachyidae
This page contains pictures and information about White-marked Gum Hoppers 1 that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 20mm
- This Gum Hopper is brown in colour with white cloud patterns on wings. Its head and legs are all brown in colour.
- Male
- We found this planthopper in Brisbane Forest Park on a large gum tree trunk during mid September.
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- Female
- Male and female of this species look very similar. We can tell only if we can see its abdomen. Matured females usually have the white waxy materials on it abdomen tip.
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- We usually found this planthopper on smooth bark gum or gray gum tree trunk.
- Nymph, body length10mm
- The nymph pictures were taken on the same gum tree trunk with the adults early summer. We believed they are the same species.
- Reference:
- 1. Platybrachys leucostigma - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks, 2004.
