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Chondrostethus woodfordi (PSG 186)

    A very different looking species.  The males are thin, and green with a red tipped abdomen at maturity.  Females can have small green and black spines and tubercles at maturity.  Besides having white-tipped antennae, the nymphs are rather plain looking.

Foodplants: bramble, fern, rhododendron

Mature female

Adult male

1st instar ova