The Black-tipped Leafhopper is an East and Southeast Asian insect with a yellow-green body and dark blue-black wing tips. No established U.S. population is documented.
Appearance
Appearance
Adults are about 0.4–0.6 in (11–14 mm) long. A live insect is yellow-green with black spots on the head and thorax and a dark blue-black band across the wing tips.
Where it lives
Range
Museum and taxonomic records place this species in East and Southeast Asia, including Korea and Japan. The reviewed sources do not document an established U.S. population.
Behavior
Diet
It drinks plant sap and uses several kinds of woody .
Activity
It is active by day and flies well. Dead specimens may turn orange, so their color can differ from a living insect.
Name and classification
About the name
Older literature may call Japanese and Korean populations Bothrogonia japonica.