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Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

This little guy is so small! It measured about 1/8" wide!!! I was lucky to see it at all. From afar, it looked like a white dot on the leaf.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 10 weeks into the rainy season.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (15)
LarryGraziano
I will take both of your advice and remove the name of this spotting.
bayucca
I would also say it is some kind of a planthopper or derbid hopper.
LarryGraziano
It sure could be J. However, I have not seen any hoppers in my area with antennae yet.
Jacob Gorneau
It actually looks like a hopper to me, the facial appearance looks much like a hopper.
LarryGraziano
Thanks Forest! I hope it is a Whitefly, because a moth I.D. in this territory would be difficult!!!
ForestDragon
By the way, wonderful spotting. This is a really pretty little insect.
ForestDragon
I would bet that this is actually a species of Whitefly, Family Aleyrodidae. They resemble moths and are quite tiny. Here are ones from the USA: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7055

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Paso Pacifico Survey
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El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
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Moths of the World
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Insects of Costa Rica
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PublishedJuly 7, 2012

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