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Eurymela fenestrata

Species of true bug

Eurymela fenestrata
Summary

Species of true bug

Eurymela fenestrata, widely known as the common jassid and sometimes as the large gum treehopper, is a species of leafhopper found throughout mainland Australia.

Description

The common jassid is a large leafhopper, adults reaching a length of 15 mm. The body shape has been compared to a bison, and is robust and wedge-shaped, broad at the front and bluntly tapering at the back. The wide prothorax is red and the abdomen brown and deep violet, with several white patches on the wings. The limbs are black. The nymphs are reddish-brown marked with black.

Ecology

Jassid nymphs being tended by [[meat ant]]s

Leafhoppers are hemimetabolous insects with incomplete metamorphosis. They have an egg stage, five nymphal stages and an adult stage. In this species there is normally a single generation each year. Like other leafhoppers, the common jassid sucks sap from plants, in this case, various species of Eucalyptus.

References

References

  1. "Genus Eurymela Le Peletier & Serville". [[Department of Primary Industries (New South Wales)]].
  2. Phillips, Charlma. (June 1992). "PIRSA Forestry Leafhoppers". [[Government of South Australia#Department of Primary Industries .26 Regions.
  3. Chew, Peter. "Common Jassid - ''Eurymela fenestrata''". Brisbane Insects and Spiders.
  4. Costa, James T.. (2006). "The Other Insect Societies". Harvard University Press.
  5. "Species ''Eurymela fenestrata'' Le Peletier & Serville, 1825". Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
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