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Japanese Maple Leafhopper
Japanese Maple Leafhopper
Japananus hyalinus
Insecta
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
East Asia
Movement
Hopping
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

Japanese Maple Leafhopper, Japananus hyalinus, is a leafhopper of the subfamily Deltocephalinae and tribe Opsiini. It is native to eastern Asia, but has been carried with the trade in cultivated maples and is now widely found in Europe, North America and Australia.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Japananus
Species
Japananus hyalinus