#4088 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Japanese Leafhopper
🇳🇱 Oosterse mozaïekdwergcicade ·Orientus ishidae
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 9351 JR Leek, Netherlands
📍 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Rozenlaantje, Kampen, Overijssel, NL
📍 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © skitterbug · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Léo-Guy de Repentigny · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Kerry Givens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Igor Balashov · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Léo-Guy de Repentigny · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9351 JR Leek, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Rozenlaantje, Kampen, Overijssel, NL:© pantanico · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Orientus ishidae , common name Japanese leafhopper or Mosaic leafhopper , is a species of leafhoppers belonging to the family Cicadellidae subfamily Deltocephalinae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 10,274 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Shōnen Matsumura in 1902 (124 years ago).
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- Japanese Leafhopper
- Nederlands
- Oosterse mozaïekdwergcicade
- scientific name
- Orientus ishidae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Cicadellidae
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 31
- sightings in Europe
- 2,256
- sightings worldwide
- 10,274
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,358
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1902 by Shōnen Matsumura
relatives· Cicadellidae
#3970 📷 8Rhododendron Leafhopper
🇳🇱 Rododendroncicade
Graphocephala fennahi
👀 316 in NL
#3978 📷 9Green Leafhopper
🇳🇱 Groene rietcicade
Cicadella viridis
👀 260 in NL
#4008 📷 10Ligurian Leafhopper
Eupteryx decemnotata
👀 124 in NL
#4029 📷 10Eupteryx tenella
Eupteryx tenella
👀 87 in NL
#4052 📷 10Horned Leafhopper
🇳🇱 Oorcicade
Ledra aurita
👀 62 in NL
#4183 📷 7Red-banded Leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
🌍 30k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 203320, Wikidata Q10611482, GBIF 2037925, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.