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Cowbug / Treehopper

Oxyrachis Tarandus

Photo by Sachin Zaveri
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

The cowbug Oxyrachis tarandus is recently recorded as a pest of Withania somnifera plant from India.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
Ashish
This surely Tricentrus sp.
Ashish
Sachin here is your Genus.... http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/Membracidae%20(Homoptera-Insecta).pdf
Ashish
Sachin your 2nd and 4th pictures are fantastic...
Ashish
Tri-horned Planthopper
Mark Ridgway
I like they way it rests with splayed legs... mimicking a spider maybe ??

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PublishedNovember 27, 2012

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