OuiSi Nature · Card 165

False Lanternfly

Raivuna nakanonis

Location: Singapore
Date: November 16, 2020

Photograph byLenz Lim

Description

Belonging to a large group of hemipteran insects, planthoppers belong to the superfamily Fulgoroidea; this one is in the family Dictyopharidae. Their colors vary vastly across genera and species and many remain undescribed and are yet to be discovered. This species was first described by Matsumura in 1910. Dictyopharid planthoppers are well represented in Indonesia and are commonly collected from grass.

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Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgoridae

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