Common Jassid Gumtree Hopper (Eurymela distincta)

Common Jassid Gumtree Hopper (<i>Eurymela distincta</i>) with ants at Woodlands Historic Park — Common Gumtree Hopper with ants on a Red Gum sapling, late January

Length 10-12 mm male, 12-14 mm female.

Common Jassid Leafhopper nymphs (<i>Eurymela distincta</i>) with ant at Woodlands Historic Park — Nymphs of Common Gumtree Hopper with ant on Manna Gum, mid February

Classification

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha - Cicadas, Hoppers, and Spittlebugs
Super-family Membracoidea - Leaf-hoppers and Tree-hoppers, 860 species in Australia
Family Cicadellidae - Leafhoppers and Gumtree hoppers, 784 named species in Australia
Subfamily Eurymelinae - Gumtree and other hoppers with gregarious nymphs and associated with ants, 202 species in Australia
Tribe Eurymelini - Gumtree hoppers, 88 species in Australia
Genus Eurymela
Species Eurymela distincta