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Wax covered red eyed Plant Hopper

Description:

Maybe a Metcalfa pruinosa of the Flatidae family Very fast flying white moth with red eyes.

Habitat:

Sub tropical mountain forest in Guatemala 1800 msnm

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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

This is not a moth or butterfly. Planthopper, might be Flatidae or Fulgoridae.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

This looks like a Flatid Planthopper to me, not a butterfly or moth. What do you think?

AndresDuarte
Spotted by
AndresDuarte

Spotted on Oct 3, 2012
Submitted on Oct 3, 2012

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