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Green leafhopper by the Murrumbidgee River, Narrandera
Record ID record-29dda1cd-bcdd-49b4-b3c4-5f90ea94a055
Images and files
Green leafhopper on a picnic blanket, showing the wedge shape and dotted wings.
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The leafhopper from a slightly different angle.
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The leafhopper on a black leather jacket, showing its size.
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- Basis of record
- Human observation
- Verbatim identification
- Green leafhopper
- Taxon rank
- Family
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Scientific name
- Cicadellidae
- Scientific name authorship
- Latreille, 1825
- Name according to
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Nomenclatural code
- ICZN (zoological)
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted
- Name match type
- Exact match
- Checklist
- Atlas of Living Australia name index (AFD)
- Checklist version
- ALA namematching API, checked 2026-11-03
- Scientific name ID
- https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/85498fa2-e5b4-4e68-b689-a5413fc60ad4
- Identification remarks
- Small wedge-shaped bug with wings held roof-like over the body, short bristle-like antennae, and long hind legs with rows of spines: typical of leafhoppers (Cicadellidae).
- Identification confidence
- Probable
- Wild, cultivated or captive
- Wild
- Establishment means
- Uncertain
- Individual count
- 1
- Life stage
- Adult
- Sex
- Not recorded
- Event date
- 2026-11-03
- Sampling protocol
- Seen and photographed close up with a phone (Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra), 12:15 AEDT. Not handled.
- Occurrence remarks
- One bright green leafhopper, about 6–8 mm long, landed on a leather jacket and then a picnic blanket on the river bank. Pale green with tiny dark dots on the wings and orange-pink eyes.
- Uncertainty remarks
- Identified only to family. Genus and species not determined. Length estimated, not measured. The jacket and blanket are not its natural substrate.
- Occurrence status
- Present
- Behaviour
- Resting, then walking short distances; landed on clothing.
- Data quality statement
- Family from body shape and hind leg spines visible in photos. Name checked against the ALA name index (AFD). Coordinates from phone GPS; GPS removed from the published images.
- Source
- Rob's phone photos 20261103_121507–121539 (4 frames; 3 chosen)
- Place
- Not shown on public record pages
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Rob Evans (2026). Green leafhopper by the Murrumbidgee River, Narrandera. Clio Online Museum. https://cliomuseum.org/records/record-29dda1cd-bcdd-49b4-b3c4-5f90ea94a055
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Published recordVersion 1
Creators
- Rob Evans https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6391-4464 (opens in a new tab) (verified with ORCID)
Version and provenance
- Version identifier
version-8b0cb9ae-b8a9-4b7b-b2dc-9e53dfe971c8- Canonical commitment
sha3-384:f9ae213e8310b591f87f75f5a7879a801bec3f6e8bbd56f524315917af05aa0a02076a6793d6ce1294974ce3779b2842- Accepted
Evidence profile and standards
- Darwin Core 2026-05-26
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