Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small butterfly?

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 09-03-2009 20:11
#1
About 4mm long. Pictured in Tanzania

Posted by mariki on 09-03-2009 21:18
#2
Hello Muhammad,

Not a butterfly but a planthopper. Which family? I do not know.
Greetings,
Marie-Christine

Posted by Tony Irwin on 09-03-2009 21:22
#3
I think Meenoplidae
Edited by Tony Irwin on 09-03-2009 21:23

Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 10-03-2009 16:01
#4
Thank you Marie and Tony Smile

Posted by Xespok on 10-03-2009 18:17
#5
Why Meenoplidae? I would have though about Derbidae or maybe Cixiidae, but never on Meenoplidae.
Edited by Xespok on 10-03-2009 18:18

Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-03-2009 20:21
#6
You are right to question me Xespok!
I retract my suggestion which was based on a very similar looking auchenorrynchan on a website. I've had a look at other parts of that website and find that they have put lots of chironomids among their mosquitoes, so I think it's not reliable.
Having said that, I'm not convinced this is a cixiid or a derbid either.
I'll try to call in some help from elsewhere...