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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Athysanini » incertae sedis » Orientus » Japanese Leafhopper (Orientus ishidae)
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Leafhopper - Orientus ishidae
Copyright © 2009 Bill Johnson

Leafhopper - Orientus ishidae
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
August 18, 2009
Any ID for this hopper? The green area along it's outer wing is very interesting. There seems to be a corresponding green marking along the inside of the leg. A second image shows a bit of that.

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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 29 August, 2009 - 10:56pm
Last updated 6 September, 2009 - 12:39pm

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… WonGun Kim, 6 September, 2009 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Orientus ishidae
The pale spot on the wing is a patch of waxy platelets that are distributed over the wings and body by the hind legs to make the insect waterproof. In the process, some of the platelets get smeared on the legs.
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