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| Lanternfly - Pyrops candelaria | |
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| linnaeus1758 | Jun 11 2014, 09:34 AM Post #1 |
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Lanternfly - Pyrops candelaria Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Fulgoridae Genus: Pyrops Species: Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Pyrops is a genus of planthopper that occurs primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 60 species. The genus name of Laternaria has been used by some authors, but this name was suppressed in 1955 by an official declaration of the ICZN. The type species is Pyrops candelaria. Pyrops candelaria (Laternaria candelaria and Fulgora candelaria in older literature) is a species of planthopper that lives in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand and other parts of southeast Asia. It is the type of the genus Pyrops erected by Spinola in 1839. Members of this genus are sometimes called lanternflies. Lanternfly has two pair of wings. The first pair of wings are green with white and yellow spots, while the second ones are bright yellow and bordered in black. Eggs are deposited into the host plant tissues via the ovipositor of the female, and nymphs are found developing alongside adult: on the trees. Adults live for several weeks and are usually found sitting upright on the tree trunk but sometimes up in the foliage. Despite their name, lanternflies do not emit light. Like all lanternflies, P. candelaria feeds on plant sap (from longan and lychee trees, among others). They are fairly large insects, with much of the length due to an elongated, upcurving, snout-like projection of the head. Its long, slender proboscis is used to pierce tree bark to reach the sap. They are often sought out by collectors. Edited by Taipan, Jun 12 2014, 06:16 PM.
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