Length 5.3mm male, 6.8mm female. In contrast to the Common Spittlebug, this species feeds primarily on herbaceous plants.
Classification
from Australian Faunal Directory
Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha - Cicadas, Hoppers, and Spittlebugs
Super-family Cercopoidea - Froghoppers and Spittlebugs - 40 species in Australia
Family Cercopidae - Froghoppers and Spittlebugs, 30 species in Australia
Genus Bathyllus
Species Bathyllus albicinctus