Eurymeloides adspersa

Gumtree hopper at Cook, ACT

Eurymeloides adspersa at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2019
Eurymeloides adspersa at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2019
Eurymeloides adspersa at Cook, ACT - 19 Dec 2019
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Identification history

Eurymeloides adspersa 5 Aug 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Eurymeloides adspersa 8 May 2021 KimPullen
Nanipoides maculosa 22 Dec 2019 Illilanga
Unidentified 21 Dec 2019 CathB

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Illilanga wrote:
   22 Dec 2019
Tribe Ipoini. See https://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/species/nmaculos.htm & https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:b74bd1c7-2e65-4fb0-a906-004e11a13cca#gallery
   22 Dec 2019
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Illilanga wrote:
   22 Dec 2019
Thanks Michael. I'll let Kim check and confirm it.
KimPullen wrote:
   8 May 2021
Apologies for the late response on this, I'm only just catching up. I think this looks more like Eurymeloides adspersa, which is already up on CNM. The image of Nanipoides maculosa at https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/species/nmaculos.htm is not a good match with this sighting, and at https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/eurymelinae/ipoini.htm its stated host plant (Heterodendron) is a tree of inland semi-arid regions. The distribution of N. maculosa in ALA (except for a Melbourne point) is also inland. I believe the ALA image taken at Upper Beaconsfield (probably the same Melbourne point) is misidentified, and may be Eurymeloides adspersa. There are lots of ALA images of E. adspersa and it seems quite variable.

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  • Camponotus consobrinus Associated Insect
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