Lystra lanata is a planthopper species in the genus Lystra.[1] Originally described by Carl Linnaeus by its basionym Cicada lanata.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Lystra |
| Species: | L. lanata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lystra lanata (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Description
editLystra 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
editHost
editA 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
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Lystra lanata, Planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, subfamily Lystrinae". www.americaninsects.net. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- 1 2 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.
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