Lystra lanata
Appearance
Lystra lanata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
Family: | Fulgoridae |
Genus: | Lystra |
Species: | L. lanata
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Binomial name | |
Lystra lanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Lystra lanata is a planthopper species in the genus Lystra.[1] Originally described by Carl Linnaeus by its basionym Cicada lanata.[2]
Description
[edit]Lystra lanata has black wings with blue spots and red sides to its head.[3] It can be differentiated from Lystra pulverulenta by the white area of the wing being confined to an edge.
Range
[edit]This species is found in Brazil,[4] French Guiana,[3][4] French West Indies,[3][4] Guyana, México[4] and Suriname.[4]
Host
[edit]A host plant of this species is the tree Simarouba amara.[5] L. lanata was witnessed gathering in a group on this tree at a locality near where the Napo and Yagua rivers join.[5]
References
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- ^ "Lystra lanata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39omei, retrieved 2021-03-05
- ^ a b c Drapiez, Pierre Auguste Joseph; Bory de Saint-Vincent; Bory de Saint-Vincent (1839). Dictionnaire classique des sciences naturelles : présentant la définition, l'analyse et l'histoire de tous les êtres qui composent les trois règnes, leurs application générale aux arts, à l'agriculture, à la médicine, à l'économie domestique, etc. Vol. 6. Brussels: Meline, Cans et Ce.
- ^ a b c d e "Lystra lanata, Planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, subfamily Lystrinae". www.americaninsects.net. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ a b Hogue, Charles L. (1984). "Observations on the plant hosts and possible mimicry models of "Lantern Bugs" (Fulgora spp.) (Homoptera: Fulgoridae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 32 (1): 145–150.