Small Bassian Ambertail
Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant, 1882)
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Male
Includes Yoyetta toowoombae
(Distant, 1915).
Previously referred to as
Cicadetta landsboroughi.
Species number (TNS):
478.
Fore wing length:
17–22 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
Found from Toowoomba in
Queensland south along the
Great Dividing Range in New
South Wales to the western part
of Sydney, Canberra in the
Australian Capital Territory and
into eastern and central Victoria.
An isolated population is known
from the Mt Lofty Ranges in
south-east South Australia.
Adults are active for a period of
one to three weeks and may be
present from October to
December in Queensland and
New South Wales and from
December to January in
Victoria.
Notable localities:
Toowoomba, Woodenbong,
Armidale (M. Coombs), Wallacia
(D. Emery).
Habitat:
Temperate open forest and
grassy woodland; also
paddocks with scattered trees.
Calling song and behaviour:
Thin, high-pitched, simple
phrases, sounding like electric
current when many males are
calling. Adults emerge on grass
and fence posts and slowly
move to the upper branches of
eucalypts. When numbers are
high, many adults can be also
encountered on telegraph poles.
Similar species:
River Ambertail, Small Southern
Ambertail.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Female
