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Originally Posted by Bruce Williams  Thanks Tristan  . So is the pink/red colouration due to this individual being "teneral" (from your Flickr link)?
Thanks for your help Joe . I did some Googling on I. confusus and can certainly see the similarity. Could you explain which bits are the appendix and vertex please.
Bruce |
It might be a teneral, but the colour could equally just be variation.
I. confusus is generally a green species. In many of these
Idiocerus hoppers, the colouration is fugitive, and fades rapidly post mortem.
The vertex refers to the area between the eyes (when viewed from above) - the appendix is the section at the end of the forewings which lacks venation (this is lacking in many leafhopper species).
Cheers
Tristan