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Plant hopper

Description:

Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta, Order: Hemiptera, Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha, Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha, Superfamily: Fulgoroidea, Family: Flatidae

1 Species ID Suggestions

Green Broad Winged Planthopper
Geisha distinctissima Green Broad Winged Planthopper


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10 Comments

IanWongkar
IanWongkar 10 years ago

Trims Jason Alexander untuk referensinya.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Good link Ian! Sometimes the species ID is very difficult without invasive inspection.

IanWongkar
IanWongkar 12 years ago

So just to temporarily Siphanta sp.
http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-...

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Ian, that is the usual size of these insects. We know this is a full sized adult because it has wings already. The young look like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/entomopixel...

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Siphanta sp is a good idea. I have yet to find a good reference for this genus. Sorry for the link not working. Here it is http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/776...

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

Yes, Cindy. There are some differences including the colored edge continuing up to the legs and veins being slightly colored. I think it is sufficiently different to be likely a different species. I would be inclined to check the bug guide more closely or mark it as (poss. Siphanta sp.)

IanWongkar
IanWongkar 12 years ago

Or may be because still immature, its length about 12 mm.

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

It is very similar to Siphanta acuta but the shape is slightly different. I'm not sure if its a different species of a variation of it. My S. acuta looks just like Argybee's http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/... The "tail" on this spotting is straight where as the martinl's and mine have a bit of a curve. The coloring is a bit different but these two factors could be due to camera angles and lighting. martinl, what do you think?

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

The pic#2 is very clear. I think you have this one.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/835...

IanWongkar
Spotted by
IanWongkar

Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta, Indonesia

Spotted on Dec 13, 2011
Submitted on Feb 8, 2012

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