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Atracis cf. pyralis, or Uxantis sp.
About 1cm in length, whitish in colour. IDd before as Flatoidinus sp., but no record of this genus can be found for Philippines. Classification: Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Free-living Hemipterans (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoroidea) » Flatid Planthoppers (Flatidae) » Flatoidinae » Atracis Stål, 1866, probably Atracis pyralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831). Or Uxantis Stål species.
Spotted on the ceiling of the garage.
Reference: http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remo.... http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20ord.... http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/f... (Synonymised with Uxantis?). Image of Atracis pyralis for comparison: http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20ord.... http://bunyipco.blogspot.com/2009/04/fla.... Distribution of genus Atracis: http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remo....
Spotted on Oct 21, 2012
Submitted on Oct 24, 2012
2 Comments
Thank you Mark :)
Fascinating find Agnes. Not an easy one to track down. Great work.