Siphanta acuta

Green planthopper, Torpedo bug at Hughes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.100438-35.327764
• Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 19 Dec 2024 12:40 PM Recorded on
• LisaH Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. LisaH Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Bursaria Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Resting Insect behaviour on flower
• True Pollinator Insect on Flower

Species information

• Siphanta acuta Scientific name
• Green planthopper, Torpedo bug Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 839.6m Recorded at altitude
• 148 images trained Machine learning
• External link More information

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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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