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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Delphacoidea » Delphacid Planthoppers (Delphacidae) » Delphacinae » Delphacini » Sogatella » Sogatella kolophon
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Hopper Stance, But ? - Sogatella kolophon
Copyright © 2007 Ashley Bradford

Hopper Stance, But ? - Sogatella kolophon
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 27, 2007
Size: abt. 1/4"
I thought this was a hopper until I looked at the photo - now I'm not so sure, with those eyes and weird chopped antennae with the thin filament coming from the "stubs".

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 27 August, 2007 - 10:49pm
Last updated 21 September, 2007 - 5:29pm

Moved
Moved from True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
… john and jane balaban, 21 September, 2007 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

Sogatella kolophon
The twin dark stripes down the sides of the thorax, converging on the wing edges, is distinctive for the genus. This is the only species that gets north of Florida.
… Andy Hamilton, 20 September, 2007 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info!
Only species of delphacid?
… Ashley Bradford, 20 September, 2007 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

And that big inward pointing spur
on the hind leg says Delphacidae - Delphacid Planthoppers, if we learned our lesson right from Dr Hamilton. See here
… john and jane balaban, 28 August, 2007 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

 
Aha!
That looks right... Thanks!
… Ashley Bradford, 28 August, 2007 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

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