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Amantia peruana

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Amantia peruana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Amantia
Species:
A. peruana
Binomial name
Amantia peruana
Schmidt, 1910

Amantia peruana is a species of lanternfly found in Peru.

Description

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The head is red and the prothorax peach. The mesothorax and scutellum are brown. The eyes are red and the tegmen is black to very dark red with bright veins.[citation needed]

Subspecies

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There are two subspecies:[1]

  • Amantia peruana peruana, which has spots and two wavy apical fasciae, the more basal of which is significantly thicker, on the tegmen.
  • Amantia peruana infasciata, which has no spots and two wavy apical fasciae, the more basal of which is slightly thicker, on the tegmen.

References

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  1. ^ "TaxonPages: World Auchenorrhyncha Database - Amantia peruana Schmidt, 1910".