Passionvine hopper, Fluffy bum at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Scolypopa australis | 18 Jan 2017 | KimPullen | ||
| Scolypopa australis | 18 Jan 2017 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Jan 2017 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
Tiny moth that with a wingspan of about 1cm and what looked like translucent wings.
1 comment
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
18 Jan 2017
Thanks for the ID. After I took the photo, the insect did hop away at incredible speed, rather than fly like a moth. The confusion would be common, just because of the general appearance seems moth-like.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075826-35.384251
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Jan 2017 08:08 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Insects Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) MatthewFrawley
Species information
- Scolypopa australis Scientific name
- Passionvine hopper, Fluffy bum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1098.2m Recorded at altitude
- 203 images trained Machine learning
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