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Family Eurybrachyidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Ripple-marked Gum Hoppers
that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 20mm
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- Ripple-marked Gum Hoppers are dark brown in colour with white pattern. Its
frons and
legs are dark brown. The abdomen is bright red. The forewings are brown with
pale brown patterns. There are the dark brown ripple patterns on white.
Hindwings are blackish in colour.
 
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- The patterns on the wings of each individual of this species were a
bit different. The head and the frons are dark brawn . The about pictures we
taken in Karawatha Forest on June 2007.
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- This species seems not as common as the other planthopper species
in Brisbane. We found them only a few times. All were found on smooth bark
gumtrees.
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- Reference:
- 1. Species
Platybrachys signata Distant, 1892 - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
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