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Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper

Spissistilus festinus

Description:

Green/yellow plant hopper. About 1 cm long.

Habitat:

Semitropical Pacific coast

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2 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca for the ID and the 3 links. Very helpful.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Treehopper/Membracidae. remembers me of Three-cornered Alfalfa Hopper - Spissistilus festinus.
http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg8...
Scroll down: http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ca...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/10001

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Spotted on Sep 7, 2012
Submitted on Oct 6, 2012

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