Brown Ricaniid Planthopper (formerly known as Privesa exuta) RICANIIDAE, HEMIPTERA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Amy Kirk, North Stradbroke island, Queensland)
These insects are not Moths, from the order LEPIDOPTERA, but are called Leafhoppers or Planthoppers, from the order AUCHENORRHYNCHA. This particular species has partly transparent wings, and has a wingspan of about 2 cms. It has been found in
Planthoppers suck sap from plants, and can jump and fly. There are many different species that are adapted to the various climates and families of plants.
Further reading:
Leopold Melichar,
Vorläufige Beschreibungen neuer Ricaniiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen,
Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien,
Volume 48 (1898) p. 396, No. 74.
not-lepidoptera | not-caterpillars | Lepidoptera | not-moths | not-lepidoptera |
(written 30 September 2017, updated 18 January 2024)