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Noctuoidea (superfamily)	19 Dec 2023	MichaelMulvaney
Tolasella maculosa	4 Mar 2023	ibaird
Unidentified	4 Mar 2023	Mike

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10 comments

AlisonMilton wrote:

4 Mar 2023

Hi Iain, The open tail end of this insect makes think it is more likely to be a moth, but I could be wrong. Not seen anything like this before on a leafhopper.

CathB wrote:

4 Mar 2023

Peritropha ?

Mike wrote:

4 Mar 2023

When it flew off I thought it was a moth.

donhe wrote:

5 Mar 2023

I think the head and thorax are too big and decorated for this to be a moth. I think it is a Hemipteran.

Mike wrote:

5 Mar 2023

It flew away before I could get a better photo. Usual story.

donhe wrote:

20 Dec 2023

@Mike : How long was it?

Mike wrote:

20 Dec 2023

Too long ago. Going by the veins on the eucalyptus leaf it was under 10mm.

CathB wrote:

20 Dec 2023

Compare with sighting 4473254

donhe wrote:

20 Dec 2023

I have not seen an adult P. oligodrachma with a yellow head and thorax, although its caterpillar has.

ibaird wrote:

21 Dec 2023

My suggestion was meant to be it was perhaps a leafhopper or similar Hermipteran, not that it was T. maculosa specifically.

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1 Abundance
4 Mar 2023 09:46 AM Recorded on
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