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Fulgorid planthopper

Family Fulgoridae

Description:

"The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due to their brilliant and varied coloration." (Wikipedia)

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5 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Thank you very much for pointing my mistake. I think I wasn't fully awake when I wrote it...

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Sergio, you're welcome, but I forgot to say this is a Planthopper not a moth.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Thank you Tom15.

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow!

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Nice spotting Sergio! This is some sort of Fulgoridae, something like this one. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/acauan_...

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Apr 10, 2013
Submitted on Apr 11, 2013

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