Eurymelops rubrovittata
6 Red-lined Leaf Hopper at Watson, ACT
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| Eurymelops rubrovittata | RogerF | 26 Sep 2017 | |
| Eurymelops rubrovittata | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Sep 2017 | |
| Unverified | AaronClausen | 24 Sep 2017 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
27 Sep 2017
First ACT region record of this species within the Atlas of Living Australian record framework
9 comments
25 Sep 2017
This species looks the closest match I could find... Despite the colours being quite different.
26 Sep 2017
Aaron do you happen to have a good side on shot of the head? A protruding lower lip is diagnostic of the genus. If my ID is right this would be the first ALA record for this species in our region.
27 Sep 2017
Murray Fletcher's key and pictures of the Eurymelinae point to this species. Not commonly encountered. This individual was probably emerging from hibernation
28 Sep 2017
Hi Michael, I've just updated Image #2 which kind of shows a bit poking out near the lower lip. I have a few other images lying around on my phone that I took of this bug, let me know if this one helps get a positive ID? Cheers
29 Sep 2017
From memory I'd say no more than about 20mm max. Much smaller than a cicada for example.
29 Sep 2017
I just filled in the animal size field (which I hadn't done earlier, because I reported from the mobile app, which doesn't provide these additional custom attribute fields yet - but will do soon in coming release(s)).
29 Sep 2017
Thanks for the size confirmation, Aaron. The addition of the size in the mobile app sounds like a good future enhancement.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.177597-35.229544
- Altitude 707.2m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Sep 2017 11:11 AM Recorded on
- AaronClausen Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- AaronClausen NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Significant Eurymelops rubrovittata Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Insects
Species information
- Eurymelops rubrovittata Scientific name
- Red-lined Leaf Hopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 785.4m Recorded at altitude
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