Pale Wattle Hopper: Frons

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

True Bugs (Hemiptera)

Family:

Planthopper (Hopper: Fulgoroidea, Eurybrachidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Pale Wattle Hopper (Dardus abbreviatus)

This Photo:

Frons

Other name:

Dardus Wattle Hopper

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~3.5mm long
Notice the emarginate eye around the antennae (underneath the eye). There is a knob like process on it, this is diagnostic for the Eurybrachidae family.
Notice the frons (face) is evenly rugose, with no major lumps & bumps; this is diagnostic for the genus.
Notice the red body (barely visible under the wings), one of the diagnostics for the species.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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