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Leafhopper

Krisna sp.

Photo by John B.
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Field Notes

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/144293493
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/1769110179

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Comments (2)

Hi Arne, thanks again for all your help on this one. I did join the mission "Insects of the Philippines (other than butterflies)" just a day or two ago and I will be sending them any of my spottings which fall into that category. Do you think they want Spiders as well? Regards, John B.
Hi John B, I invite you to join this mission: Insects of the Philippines (other than butterflies). It means also moths.

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