Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers) > Planthoppers Index

Welcome to our thumbnail links to information on the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, found in Australia. The infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, is a group of over 12,500 described species worldwide, and are commonly referred to as planthoppers.

Following is a selection of members of the Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers).

Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea (Alleloplasis sp), Ashendon WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Alleloplasis sp (Threadwing Hopper Fulgoroidea)
Cleotyche (Dictyopharid planthopper), Beermullah WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Cleotyche (Dictyopharid planthopper)
Mango Planthopper (Colgaroides acuminata)
Colgaroides acuminata (Mango Planthopper)
Desudaba maculata, Murrumba Downs QLD © Tony Eales
Desudaba maculata
Desudaboides melindae, Brisbane QLD © Tony Eales
Desudaboides melindae
Green and Black Planthopper (Desudaba psittacus), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Desudaba psittacus (Green and Black Planthopper)
Dictyopharidae (Dictyopharid Planthopper), Brookton Hwy Pond WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Dictyopharidae (Dictyopharid Planthopper)
Epithalamium aziola on Cassytha pubescens, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Epithalamium aziola
Squathoppers (Family Eurybrachidae), Bega Valley NSW © Deb Taylor
Eurybrachidae (family), Squathopper
Dictyopharid planthopper nymph (Griseotyche sp), Wandoo National Park WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Griseotyche sp (Dictyopharid planthopper nymph)
Green-faced Wattle Hopper (Hackerobrachys viridiventris), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Hackerobrachys viridiventris (Green-faced Wattle Hopper)
Kuranda notata, Point Lookout QLD © Tony Eales
Kuranda notata
Nogodinid Planthopper Nymph (Nogodina sp), Seven Hills QLD © Tony Eales
Nogodina sp (Nogodinid Planthopper Nymph)
Platybrachys sp, Wandering WA © Jean & Fred Hort
Platybrachys sp
Rhotana gressittorum, Mount Mee QLD © Tony Eales
Rhotana gressittorum
Saccharodite chrysonoe (Derbid Planthopper), Mount Glorious QLD © Tony Eales
Saccharodite chrysonoe (Derbid Planthopper)
Passionvine Hopper (Scolypopa australis), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Scolypopa australis (Passionvine Hopper)

This section is a work in progress…

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hemiptera
  • Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
  • Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs © Deb Taylor
  2. Photographs © Jean and Fred Hort
  3. Photographs © Marianne Broug
  4. Photographs © Stefan Jones
  5. Photographs © Tony Eales

Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)Planthoppers Index Alleloplasis Apollo maculiceps Colgaroides acuminata (Mango Planthopper) Desudaba maculata Desudaba psittacus Epithalamium aziola Eurybrachidae (Squathoppers) Platybrachys Rhotana gressittorum Saccharodite chrysonoe Scolypopa australis (Passionvine Hopper)

HemipteraHemiptera Index Cicadellidae Cicadoidea Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers) Heteroptera (True Bugs)

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