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There are three species of Orosius recorded from Australia differentiated most reliably by reference to the shape of the aedeagus. However, despite some confusing variation, the colour patterns can be used to distinguish between most specimens. The genus was revised by Ghauri (1966).
 

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Orosius argentatus (Evans 1938)
The Common Brown Leafhopper
Orosius canberrensis
(Evans 1938) 
Orosius lotophagorum
(Kirkaldy 1907)

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Document 9945, submitted 26 February 2001
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