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Fleahopper - Opsiplanon luella
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Fleahopper - Opsiplanon luella
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Size: ~1mm
This is the smallest planthopper I've seen. Should I say "knowingly" seen. Please advise. Thanks
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 September, 2009 - 7:38am
Last updated 15 September, 2009 - 8:39pm

Moved
Moved from True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
… v belov, 15 September, 2009 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Fulgoroid?
I think this may be something other than a cicadellid. I'm quite positive in fact. Andy Hamilton will know more....
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 September, 2009 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
Opsiplanon luella
The smallest of our Achilidae never gets much below 4 mm, but this one gets down to 3.2 mm, and its sloping thorax makes it look still smaller. But "less than 1 mm" is surely an exaggeration!

Incidentally, this is a new state record. It was previously known only from FL, GA. TX and KS.
… Andy Hamilton, 15 September, 2009 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Cannot Wait
To learn more about this phenomenon. Especially since I found this Fulgorid the same night



which does not look anything like this creature. I love bug hunting!
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 14 September, 2009 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

 
moth
with long antennae and furry edges to the hind wings
… Andy Hamilton, 15 September, 2009 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

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