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Derbid hopper

Derbidae

Photo by auntnance123
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Field Notes

Description:

approx 1inch wingspan

Habitat:

spotted among leaf litter on path

Species ID Suggestions

Derbid Hopper

Derbidae
bayucca
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Comments (5)
auntnance123
Until visiting Costa Rica my experience with hoppers had been the tiny colorful closed-winged bugs among the weeds. Unfortunately, this one got lost in the shuffle (apologies, bayucca). Here is another 'new' hopper from the same area: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8306946 And thank you, J, for bringing this back to my attention (I'm a lousy "housekeeper").
alicelongmartin
It is beautiful, but it looks like a bird or lizard took a bite from it's wing.
bayucca
It is not a moth, but a Derbidae, Derbid Hopper species. Auchenorryncha, Fulgoroideae, Derbidae.
KarenL
What a pretty delicate moth!

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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012

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