Charismatic treehopper found in the ACT by fresh eyes

Entomologist Dr Olivia Evangelista discovered a new species and genus of treehoppers on her first ACT field trip. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

With fresh eyes for Australian fauna, Dr Olivia Evangelista made a discovery in the ACT in a field which has been dormant for two decades.

The CSIRO entomologist, a senior curator at the National Insect Collection who relocated to Australia from Brazil in 2018, was on a field trip in the southern part of the ACT when she made an unusual find.