1 Unidentified planthopper at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Eurybrachidae (family) | 25 Feb 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Lachnodius sp. (genus) | 1 Jan 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Lachnodius sp. (genus) | 1 Jan 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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I wondered what this was, then I saw it identified in https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/32979
Seen on the underside of a tree.
8 comments
BIrdsinCanberra
wrote:
2 Jan 2019
Hi Roger, Thanks for the information about your book. Sorry, I am still new to CNM, can you give me the name of the book please? Many thanks.
RogerF
wrote:
2 Jan 2019
Insects of South Eastern Australia: an ecological and Behavioural Guide. Available from the ANBG bookshop.
BIrdsinCanberra
wrote:
4 Jan 2019
Many thanks Roger, I will look it up next time I am at the ANBG bookshop. Cheers
KimPullen
wrote:
25 Feb 2021
Apparently the egg mass of a planthopper of the family Eurybrachidae. See https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_planthoppers/EurybrachyidBiology.htm
where Peter Chew explains.
The common eurybrachids in the ACT region belong to genus Platybrachys.
where Peter Chew explains.
The common eurybrachids in the ACT region belong to genus Platybrachys.
RogerF
wrote:
28 Feb 2021
I still have difficulty in distinguishing the egg masses produced by the gall-inducing scale Lachnodius from those of the planthopper Platybrachys (that I have not seen).
There was a big outbreak of Lachnodius on eucs in North Canberra recently resulting in the deposition of large numbers of egg masses on the trunks of affected gumtrees..
Can someone enlighten me
There was a big outbreak of Lachnodius on eucs in North Canberra recently resulting in the deposition of large numbers of egg masses on the trunks of affected gumtrees..
Can someone enlighten me
KimPullen
wrote:
23 Apr 2021
I may be on the wrong track, but my interpretation is that the elongate, parallel-sided (waxy?) tracks are the work of an eriococcid (Lachnodius?); CNM #4360139 shows female scale insects together with such tracks. The current sighting #4175963 is different, showing oval-shaped central domes (egg masses?) with what appears to be a waxy substance coating both the domes and a perimeter of the bark surface. I also have not seen the creature associated with the domes, and can only refer people to Peter Chew's observations at https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_planthoppers/EurybrachyidBiology.htm
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.103552-35.326472
- Altitude 652.6m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2018 09:10 AM Recorded on
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Species information
- Eurybrachidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified planthopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 858.12m Recorded at altitude
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