Limotettix incertus
1 Leafhopper at Melba, ACT
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| Limotettix incertus | MichaelMulvaney | 13 Sep 2024 | |
| Deltocephalinae sp. (sub-family) | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Sep 2024 | |
| Brunotartessus fulvus | CarbonAI | 9 Sep 2024 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 7 Sep 2024 |
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This looks like an introduced spieces
8 comments
7 Sep 2024
I think it might be a Macrosteles spieces, possibly Macrosteles quadrilineatus but I can't find any sightings in Australia :-o
10 Sep 2024
I really think it is Macrosteles. It is the same or very similar to sighting 4367585 from 2001
10 Sep 2024
Katarina I have submitted a quarantine concern report to quarantine@dpi.nsw.gov.au will await a reply, as far as I can tell Macrosteles has not yet been recorded in Australia.
10 Sep 2024
NSW DPI Biosecurity Surveillance got back with teh following "I can definitely say based on the wing venation that the specimen in the photo is not Macrosteles. It is Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae. Most likely a native Australian species, possibly Limotettix incertus, but without seeing and dissecting the actual specimen I can't go with certainty to genus or species level."
10 Sep 2024
Thanks Michael. That's very good news. I think Limotettix incertus is a good fit. Maybe it could be identified down to Limotettix sp. ?
13 Sep 2024
I would go with Limotettix incertus. It's a close fit with images of that species in ALA, and the records show it widely distributed in ACT, NSW, Vic and Tas. Neither of the two other species of Limotettix is listed as occurring in ACT, and neither is common.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.049872-35.208523
- Altitude 746.6m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Sep 2024 11:02 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Insects Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Limotettix incertus
Species information
- Limotettix incertus Scientific name
- Leafhopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Unknown
- Up to 746.6m Recorded at altitude
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