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Long-winged planthopper

Proutista moesta (Westwood, 1851)

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The long-winged planthopper (Proutista moesta) is a species in the family Derbidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 13 countries, including Guam, Indonesia and Japan.

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Quick facts about the long-winged 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
13 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the long-winged 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 long-winged planthopper is listed for 13 countries.

TanzaniaIndonesiaSri LankaTaiwanPhilippinesMalaysiaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Guam
  2. Indonesia
  3. Japan
  4. Malaysia
  5. Micronesia
  6. Northern Mariana Islands
  7. Palau
  8. Philippines
  9. Seychelles
  10. Singapore
  11. Sri Lanka
  12. Taiwan
  13. Tanzania

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the long-winged 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 long-winged planthopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDerbidae
  6. genusProutista
  7. SpeciesProutista moesta (Westwood, 1851)

Synonyms Assamia dentata, Assamia dentate, Assamia moesta, Derbe downesii, Derbe moesta, Phenice maculosa, Phenice modesta, Phenice moesta, Sardis maculosa, Thracia albipes

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • เพลี้ยกระโดดปีกยาวThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the long-winged planthopper

Other species in the same genus Proutista.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the long-winged planthopper live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-winged planthopper for 13 countries, including Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Micronesia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the long-winged planthopper?

The long-winged planthopper (Proutista moesta) belongs to the family Derbidae 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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@misc{long_winged_planthopper_2026,
  title = {Long-winged planthopper (Proutista moesta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-winged-planthopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}