Grainy planthopper
Kallitaxila granulata (Stål, 1870)
Status not recordedinsects
The grainy planthopper (Kallitaxila granulata) is a species in the family Tropiduchidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Australia, Christmas Island and Philippines.
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Quick facts about the grainy planthopper
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 4 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the grainy planthopper live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The grainy planthopper is listed for 4 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the grainy planthopper endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the grainy planthopper classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyTropiduchidae
- genusKallitaxila
- SpeciesKallitaxila granulata (Stål, 1870)
Synonyms Taxila granulata, Taxilana granulata
Relatives of the grainy planthopper
Other species in the same genus Kallitaxila.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the grainy planthopper live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the grainy planthopper for 4 countries: Australia, Christmas Island, Philippines and Vietnam. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the grainy planthopper?
The grainy planthopper (Kallitaxila granulata) belongs to the family Tropiduchidae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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