Leafhopper species included in this key
[Last update: 11 September 2017]
Taxa marked with an asterisk* include species which are not present in Australia and are of biosecurity concern to Australia
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Superfamily CERCOPOIDEA
Family Aphrophoridae - Spittlebugs
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*Philaenus spumarius (Linnaeus) - Meadow froghopper
Family Cercopidae - Froghoppers
- *Callitettix versicolor (Fabricius) - the Sugarcane spittlebug
- Euryaulax carnifex (Fabricius) - the Sugarcane froghopper
Superfamily FULGOROIDEA - Planthoppers
Family Acanaloniidae
- *Acanalonia conica (Say) - the green conehead planthopper
Family Cixiidae
Subfamily Cixiinae
Tribe Oecleini
Tribe Pentastirini
Family Delphacidae
- *Dicranotropis hamata (Boheman)
- Eumetopina flavipes Muir - Island sugarcane planthopper
- *Javesella spp.
- *Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén) - the small brown planthopper
- *Muellerianella fairmairei (Perris)
- Metadelphax propinqua (Fallén)
- *Nilaparvata spp
- Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead) - the maize planthopper
- *Perkinsiella spp. - sugarcane planthoppers
- Sogatella spp.
- *Tagosodes spp.
- Tarophagus spp. - Taro planthoppers
- *Terthron albovittatum (Matsumura) - the white striped planthopper
- *Unkanodes spp
Family Derbidae
Subfamily Otiocerinae
Tribe Zoraidini
- *Proutista moesta (Westwood) - the palm derbid
Family Flatidae
Subfamily Flatoidinae
- Jamella australiae Kirkaldy - the Pandanus planthopper
Subfamily Flatinae
- Anzora unicolor (Walker) - the grey planthopper
- *Geisha distinctissima (Walker) - the Asiatic green flatid
- *Lawana conspersa (Walker) - the white moth planthopper
- *Lawana imitata (Melichar) - the white moth bug
- *Metcalfa pruinosa (Say) - the citrus planthopper
- *Salurnis marginellus (Guérin-Méneville) - the mango hopper
- Siphanta acuta (Walker) - the green planthopper
Family Lophopidae
- *Zophiuma butawengi (Heller) - the palm planthopper
Family Ricaniidae
- *Ricania speculum (Walker) - the Asian planthopper
- Scolypopa australis (Walker) - the passionvine hopper
Superfamily MEMBRACOIDEA
Family Cicadellidae - Leafhoppers
Subfamily Cicadellinae
Tribe Cicadellini
- Cofana spectra (Distant) - the white leafhopper
*Tribe Proconiini
- *Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) - the glassy-winged sharpshooter
Subfamily Deltocephalinae
Tribe Athysanini
- *Orientus ishidae Matsumura - the mosaic leafhopper
Tribe Chiasmini
- Exitianus nanus (Distant)
- Exitianus plebeius (Kirkaldy)
- Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase - green rice leafhopper
- Nephotettix nigropictus (Stål) - green rice leafhopper
- Nephotettix virescens (Distant) - green rice leafhopper
Tribe Macrostelini
- Balclutha species - grass leafhoppers
- Cicadulina bimaculata (Evans)
- Cicadulina bipunctatus (Melichar)
- *Cicadulina mbila (Naudé) - the South African maize leafhopper
- Nesoclutha phryne (Kirkaldy) - the Australian grass leafhopper
- *Yamatotettix flavovittatus Matsumura
Tribe Opsiini
- Hishimonus passiflorae (Evans) - the passionvine leafhopper
- Hishimonus diffractus Dai, Fletcher & Zhang
- *Hishimonus phycitis (Distant)
- Opsius stactogalus Fieber - the tamarix leafhopper
- Orosius argentatus (Evans) - the common brown leafhopper
- Orosius orientalis (Matsumura)
- Orosius canberrensis (Evans)
- Orosius ryukyuensis (Ishihara)
- Orosius lotophagorum
(Kirkaldy)
- Japananus hyalinus (Osborn) - the Japanese maple leafhopper
Tribe Deltocephalini
- Maiestas dorsalis (Motschulsky) - the zigzag leafhopper
- Maiestas knighti (Webb & Viraktamath)
- Maiestas vetus (Knight)
- *Matsumuratettix hiroglyphicus (Matsumura)
Subfamily Iassinae
Tribe Iassini
- Batracomorphus angustatus (Osborn) - green jassid
Subfamily Idiocerinae
- Idioscopus nitidulus (Walker) - mango leafhopper = I. niveosparsus (Lethierry)
- Idioscopus clypealis (Lethierry) - mango leafhopper
- *Amritodus atkinsoni (Lethierry) - mango leafhopper
Subfamily Megophthalminae
Tribe Agalliini
- Austroagallia torrida Evans - the spotted leafhopper
Subfamily Tartessinae
Tribe Tartessini
Subfamily Typhlocybinae
Tribe Empoascini
- Amrasca (Amrasca) terraereginae (Paoli) - the Australian cotton leafhopper
- *Amrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida) - the Indian cotton leafhopper
- Austroasca alfalfae (Evans) - the lucerne leafhopper
- Austroasca viridigrisea (Paoli) - the vegetable leafhopper
- Dialecticopteryx australica Kirkaldy - the fig leafhopper
- Distantasca smithi (Fletcher & Donaldson) - the Australian citrus leafhopper
- *Empoasca vitis (Goethe) - the smaller green leafhopper
- *Jacobiasca formosana (Paoli) - the cotton leafhopper
- Kybos lindbergi (Linnavuori) - the birch leafhopper
Tribe Dikraneurini
Tribe Erythroneurini
- Anzygina zealandica (Myers) - the yellow leafhopper
Tribe Typhlocybini
- *Edwardsiana flavescens (Fabricius) - the rose leafhopper
- Edwardsiana froggatti (Baker) - the apple leafhopper
- Ribautiana ulmi (Linnaeus) - the European elm leafhopper