Japananus hyalinus (Osborn, 1900)

Lock, Koen, 2011, Fifty leafhoppers new to Belgium (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 88, pp. 1-28 : 1-28

Japananus hyalinus (Osborn, 1900)

This striking species has hyaline forewings, with three dark bars in strongly coloured specimens ( Fig. 34 ). This alien species originates from Eastern Asia. In 1942, it was already reported from Austria and since then, it has colonised large parts of Central and Southern Europe (DEN BIEMAN, 2017). It lives on Acer spp. in urban areas. VIII-X.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Gent, Citadelpark (51.037, 3.717), 11.IX.2017.

Liguropia juniperi (Lethierry, 1876)

The wings are mainly yellow-green with the apical third unpigmented and the veins noticeably pale, the subcostal cell is divided by several transversal veins ( Fig. 35). In urban areas on Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl. and other Cupressaceae . VIII-IX.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Turnhout, stadspark (51.306, 4.945), 22.VIII.2017; Gent, Citadelpark (51.037, 3.717), 11.IX.2017; Gent, Houtdok (51.070, 3.735), 19.IX.2018.

Figures

Fig. 34. Japananus hyalinus (Osborn, 1900), lateral view (photo by Koen Lock).