Small Galela Planthopper Galela parva Distant, 1906
Fauna Portal species: 922
Galela parva male, dorsal (HBI N29533-2; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 9851Diagnosis
(after Fletcher 2009): The two Australian species of Galela can be separated by the orange colour of the hind wing. In G. parva the orange has a broad black border while in G. abdominalis the orange is not bordered.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2009): Identification keys and checklists for the leafhoppers, planthoppers and their relatives occurring in Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). WEB