Comments on: Possibly Parthenogenic Leafhopper from Australia http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/16/unknown/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: grev http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/16/unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-114 grev Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:40:02 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=12974#comment-114 Have a look at this site which shows Ledromorpha planirostris in the family Cicadellidae. It is the largest leafhopper in Australia 23-28mm long. http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/leafhop/ledrinae/ledromo.htm Have a look at this site which shows Ledromorpha planirostris in the family Cicadellidae. It is the largest leafhopper in Australia 23-28mm long.

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/leafhop/ledrinae/ledromo.htm

]]> By: grev http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/16/unknown/comment-page-1/#comment-111 grev Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:58:40 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=12974#comment-111 There is a tribe of plant hoppers called Thymbrini, the largest of which is Rhotidus which is brown with a triangular head. Could be . . .? These sites might help make the identification: http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/leafhop/ledrinae/thym00.htm (an online key to identification) http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_cicadas/Ledrinae.htm http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/leafhop/cicaspp/rtelefor.htm (one of those horrible photos of a pinned dead insect, but might help). There is a tribe of plant hoppers called Thymbrini, the largest of which is Rhotidus which is brown with a triangular head. Could be . . .?

These sites might help make the identification:

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/leafhop/ledrinae/thym00.htm (an online key to identification)

http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_cicadas/Ledrinae.htm

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/Hort/ascu/leafhop/cicaspp/rtelefor.htm (one of those horrible photos of a pinned dead insect, but might help).

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