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Sharpshooter

Agrosoma sp.

Description:

Photo take at the marina gardens very small i have no idea if this is a moth or if is a hopper about 5 mm each same again i don´t have the right lens for this photos so this are the best ones.



2 species ID suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 11 months ago
Colourful Leafhopper
Agrosoma placetis Sharpshooter Leafhoppers | Agrosoma placetis Medler 1960a: 24
bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago
Sharpshooter
Agrosoma sp.

11 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 months ago

Thanks that is what i did Bayucca :):)

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago

I did some Placetis ID and some Pulchella ID, but there are really tricky. I would go with Agrosoma sp. in the meanwhile.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 months ago

Wow I agree whit Bayucca Placetis and Pulchella they both look the same is hard one what should i edit ????

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 months ago

Thanks so much Bayucca and Ashis :):)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

I think Costa Rica is geographically connected with Mexico. Here in India many species find those almost same in South America and Australia in case of Arthropods. I think this specie is well distributed than other species as recorded in Neotropical many countries.

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago

In Costa Rica Placetis is quite common, I don't know about Mexico. All these Agrosomas looks quite similar. Pulchella for example is almost identical, depending on the position of the wings and angle, light and colors. It is certainly an Agrosoma sp., but I do not dare to confirm either Pulchella or Placetis as species or any other of the at least 20 species of Agrosoma in the neotropics. And there is always a great variability within the same species.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

Bayucca you almost reached with Genus...
I think this is specie...
http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

Another same spotting find from Costa rica.

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago

Leafhopper/Cicadellidae, Sharpshooter/Cicadellinae, Agrosoma sp., closer is probably not possible, there are too many similar ones around. The mating ones and the right one are most probably different species.

Mexico

Lat: 20.85, Long: -86.88

Spotted on Jun 29, 2012
Submitted on Jun 29, 2012

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