Two-striped planthopper
Acanalonia bivittata
The two-striped planthopper is a small green bug shaped a bit like a leaf. Once in a while you find a pink one. It has a reddish stripe on the inner edge of each wing.
Lives in
North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other planthoppers, it drinks sap from plants with its straw-like mouth.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Two-striped planthopper about 1 km/h (0.62 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Most are green, but some are pink.
2
It is the most common and widespread member of its group of planthoppers.
3
Planthoppers can jump away very fast when something comes close.
you asked
Most asked questions about Two-striped planthopper
?What colour is the two-striped planthopper?
Usually green, sometimes pink, with a reddish stripe on each wing.
?What does the two-striped planthopper eat?
It sucks sap from plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acanalonia bivittata
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Acanaloniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Acanaloniidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Acanalonia bivittata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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