Flatid Planthoppers - Family Flatidae
This page contains pictures and information about Flatid Planthoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
In the Suborder Auchenorrhyncha, the Cicadas family Cicadidae is a very famous family. The other families in this suborder are less known. They include the Planthoppers. They are small plant-feeding insects ranging in colour from green, through yellow-green to brown. All of them jump, so their name hoppers.
Members in this family usually have the triangular and broad fore wings. Most are green or bright green in colour.
- Mango Planthopper
- Colgaroides acuminata, subfamily Flatinae, body length 15mm
- This Planthopper is creamy green in colour with a tiny brown dot at the middle of each front wing. It is common un Brisbane and can be found on stem of different plants. More information and pictures can be found in this page.
- Pink Planthopper
- Colgar sp., subfamily Flatinae, body length 15mm
- We took this picture on White Hill during early winter. The Planthopper is creamy white in colour with pink wing edges.
- Common Green Planthopper
- Siphanta hebes, subfamily Flatinae, body length 15mm
- This Green Planthopper is triangular in shape with pink eyes and a pointed head. The forewings cover the body like sloping roof when it rests. This species has the dot patterns on the wings with brown wing edges. We identified this species as Siphanta acuta. Dr. Murray Fletcher sent us email advised that it might be S. hebes rather than S. acuta.
- Here we would like to thank Dr. Murray Fletcher for sending us email to advise the ID of hopper species.
- Reference and links:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 478.
- 2. Family Flatidae - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
- 3. Siphanta hebes - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
- 4. Genus Colgar - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
