Lystra lanata

Lystra lanata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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

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

Host

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

"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
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.
"Lystra lanata, Planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, subfamily Lystrinae". www.americaninsects.net. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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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[inaturalist-Lystra_lanata-1] "Lystra lanata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[2] Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39omei, retrieved 2021-03-05

[:0-3] 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.

[:1-4] "Lystra lanata, Planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, subfamily Lystrinae". www.americaninsects.net. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

[:2-5] 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.