Common Spittlebug
Machaerotida
Ledrinae
TheWorld'sLargestLeafhopper
BlackFlat-headLeafhopper
White-dotedBrownLeafhopper
Tartessinae
Yellow-headedLeafhopper
Brown Leafhopper1
Eurymelinae
Common Jassid
Punctata Gum-treehopper
Penthimiinae
Membracidae
Lantana Treehopper
Banksia Treehopper
Green Horned Treehopper
AcaciaHornedTreehopper
Tri-horned Treehopper
Black Flat-head Leafhopper - Stenocotis depressa
Family Cicadellidae, Subfamily Ledrinae, Tribe Stenocotini
- This page contains pictures and information about Black Flat-head Leafhoppers that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length female 20mm, two males 15mm
- Black Flat-head Leafhopper are common on smooth bark gum tree trunks from late winter to late summer in Brisbane Eucalyptus forest. The adults are winged and dark brown in colour. Male and female look quite different. Males are usually small, darker and with clear wings. Their larvae are very flattened. They are all living on gum tree trunk and mimic the tree bark.
- Female
- Female
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- Female Female flat head close-up
- They are pale brown in colour with dark brown patterns. Those patterns on each individuals are different. They rest on large smooth bark gum tree trunks with either face upwards of face downwards.
- Male
- The male and female look different. We found that the male is more seen most of the time. We only saw the females a few times. Female adults are mostly found during September and October.
- They usually found resting or feeding on the trunk of smooth-barked gum trees where remnants of old bark provide shelter when necessary. They are highly variable in colour, from dark brown to pale brown.
- The patterns on their body vary quite a bit between individuals.
- On late August we found the three males and a female Black Flat-head Leafhoppers on a large gum tree trunk. When we taking photos, those males slowing walk away. The female did not move even disturbed. On the other side of the tree trunk we found a hopper nymph, but it look like the Ledromorpha planirostris's nymph.
- Nymph
- We think this is the nymph of this species, but not exactly sure. It looked very similar to those Ledromorpha planirostris. We suspected some of the nymphs showing in this two pages could be mixed up.
- Reference and links:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 469-470.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p165.
- 3. Stenocotis depressa - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2001 and updates).
- 4. Stenocotis depressa - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage.
