Two-striped Planthopper

Acanalonia bivittata · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Acanaloniidae

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Two-striped Planthopper
Photo: unknown, CC0

Adults are usually green, but they can sometimes be pink. A reddish stripe runs along the inner edge of each wing.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Adults are typically green, though occasionally pink. A reddish stripe is present on the inner edge of the wing.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 42 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Two-striped Planthopper photo 3
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY
Two-striped Planthopper photo 4
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA
Two-striped Planthopper photo 5
Photo: Even Dankowicz, CC BY
Two-striped Planthopper photo 6
Photo: unknown, CC0

Same family (Acanaloniidae)

Green Cone-headed PlanthopperGreen Cone-headed PlanthopperAcanalonia conicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsAcanalonia servilleiAcanalonia servilleiAcanalonia servillei

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanalonia_bivittata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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