Lystra lanata

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Lystra lanata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Lystra
Species:
L. lanata
Binomial name
Lystra lanata
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Lystra lanata is a planthopper species in the genus Lystra.[1] Originally described by Carl Linnaeus by its basionym Cicada lanata.[2]

Description

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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

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This species is found in Brazil,[4] French Guiana,[3][4] French West Indies,[3][4] Guyana, Mexico,[4] and Suriname.[4]

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]

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