Wattle Hopper
Ventral
Adelaide Hills
Gum Tree Hopper
Profile
 
                      
Gum Tree Hopper (Platybrachys lurida)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Planthopper (Hopper: Fulgoroidea, Eurybrachidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Gum Tree Hopper (Platybrachys lurida)
This Photo:     Dorsal, ~9mm

Thank you Jason Van Weenen for confirming and Dr Ken Walker & Prof Victor W Fazio III† for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line
1st Record on Atlas & iNat

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 07-Nov-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.