Passionvine hopper
Scolypopa australis (Walker, 1851)
Status not recordedinsects
The passionvine hopper (Scolypopa australis) is a species in the family Ricaniidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Fiji and New Zealand.
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Quick facts about the passionvine hopper
- 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
- 2 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the passionvine hopper 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 passionvine hopper is listed for 2 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the passionvine hopper 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 passionvine hopper classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyRicaniidae
- genusScolypopa
- SpeciesScolypopa australis (Walker, 1851)
Synonyms Pochazia australis
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- 北極飛蝨Chinese
Relatives of the passionvine hopper
Other species in the same genus Scolypopa.
ComparePassionvine hopper vs Scolypopa aeneomicansPassionvine hopper vs Scolypopa aphrophoroidesPassionvine hopper vs Scolypopa confinisPassionvine hopper vs Scolypopa delecta
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the passionvine hopper live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the passionvine hopper for 2 countries: Fiji and New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the passionvine hopper?
The passionvine hopper (Scolypopa australis) belongs to the family Ricaniidae 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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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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