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Planthopper

Cixiidae

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Field Notes

Description:

2 to 3 cm hopper with narrow face, long wings and hops like a hopper

Habitat:

Nocturnal, resting on a fish-bone fern under a light in an apartment garden. Vagrant

Notes:

file #big hopper 9994c. ID thanks to bayucca. It has the facial structure of the large Lophopid on this page http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_planthoppers/Lophopidae.htm

Reference Links:

Cixiid Planthoppers - family Cixiidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
StephenSolomons
Changing to Cixiid and will keep looking to narrow it to a tribe
StephenSolomons
Thank you bayucca. I will id it as Fulgoroidea/Planthopper and look for a reference to point to Cixiid. Its three times the size of the ones on the Chew Bros. site and has a narrow face also
bayucca
Fulgoroidea/Planthopper, looks like Cixiidae.

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The Hoppers
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Flora & Fauna of New South Wales
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PublishedApril 4, 2013

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