Leafhopper

Description:

Cicadellidae; Lassinae; Krisnini; Krisna sp. When I first posted this spotting on Project Noah, I called it Unidentified Cicadellidae, but following some considerable help from arne.roysland, I am now certain that this Leafhopper belongs to the tribe Krisnini. Beyond that, it becomes a little less certain. However, Krisnini has three genera (Gessius, Krisna and Parakrisna) and in https://inaturalist.org/observations/144... there is a picture of a Leafhopper just like mine which is called Krisna sp. Then, on looking at the map on that inaturalist.org page, I counted eight observations of Krisna sp. in the Philippines. Of course, there is no guarantee that these observations have been named correctly, because I cannot find scientific documentation to cite as a reference. However, I have asked researchgate.net for a copy of a scientific paper which deals with the tribe Krisnini and I am now waiting for the permission of the author to release a copy to me. Having read only the abstract, I cannot be sure if the document will have the answers to my many questions, but it will surely be interesting and informative.

Habitat:

Spotted on an unidentified leafy plant in a shaded area under some tall trees at the entrance to a rice field. These Leafhoppers were on the same plant (just a few inches lower down on the stem) at the same time as the Ricaniid Planthopper in https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17...